Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 /
Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961-
Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / Jenna M. Gibbs. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations - Early America: History, Context, Culture . - Early America: History, Context, Culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index.
Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s) -- Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic -- Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave -- Spreading liberty to Africa -- Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s) -- Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia -- Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun" -- Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s) -- Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt -- Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave -- Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory.
English.
9781421413389 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 1421413388 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9781421413396 (electronic) 1421413396 (electronic)
1700-1899
Theater--History--England--London--18th century.
Theater--History--England--London--19th century.
Theater--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.
Theater--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slave trade in the theater.
Race in the theater.
Théâtre--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--18e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--19e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Pennsylvanie--Philadelphie--18e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Pennsylvanie--Philadelphie--19e siècle.
Race au théâtre.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--General.
Manners and customs.
Race in the theater.
Slave trade in the theater.
Theater.
London (England)--Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Philadelphie (Penns.)--Mœurs et coutumes.
England--London.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PN2596.L6 / G46 2014
792.09421/09033
Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / Jenna M. Gibbs. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations - Early America: History, Context, Culture . - Early America: History, Context, Culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-296) and index.
Introduction: Slave-trade abolition: pageantry, parody, and the goddess of liberty (1800s- 1820s) -- Celebrating Columbia, mother of the white republic -- Abolitionist britannia and the blackface supplicant slave -- Spreading liberty to Africa -- Part 2. Introduction: emancipation and political reform: burlesque, picaresque, and the great experiment (1820s-1830s) -- Blackface freedom: life in London, life in Philadelphia -- Transatlantic travelers, slavery, and Charles Mathew's "Black fun" -- Part 3. Introduction: Radical abolitionism, revolt, & revolution: Spartacus and the blackface minstrel (1830s-1850s) -- Spartacus, Jim Crow, and the Black jokes of revolt -- Revolutionary brotherhood: Black Spartacus, Black hercules, and the wage slave -- Conclusion: Uncle Tom, the eighteenth-century revolutionary legacy, and historical memory.
English.
9781421413389 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 1421413388 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9781421413396 (electronic) 1421413396 (electronic)
1700-1899
Theater--History--England--London--18th century.
Theater--History--England--London--19th century.
Theater--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.
Theater--History--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--19th century.
Slave trade in the theater.
Race in the theater.
Théâtre--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--18e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Angleterre--Londres--19e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Pennsylvanie--Philadelphie--18e siècle.
Théâtre--Histoire--Pennsylvanie--Philadelphie--19e siècle.
Race au théâtre.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--General.
Manners and customs.
Race in the theater.
Slave trade in the theater.
Theater.
London (England)--Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Londres (Angleterre)--Mœurs et coutumes.
Philadelphie (Penns.)--Mœurs et coutumes.
England--London.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
PN2596.L6 / G46 2014
792.09421/09033