Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / Jenna M. Gibbs.
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TextSeries: Early America: History, Context, CulturePublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781421413389
- 1421413388
- 9781421413396
- 1421413396
- Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
- Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
- Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 18th century
- Theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 19th century
- Slave trade in the theater
- Race in the theater
- London (England) -- Social life and customs
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs
- Théâtre -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Théâtre -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Théâtre -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 18e siècle
- Théâtre -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Race au théâtre
- Londres (Angleterre) -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Philadelphie (Penns.) -- Mœurs et coutumes
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General
- Manners and customs
- Race in the theater
- Slave trade in the theater
- Theater
- England -- London
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- 1700-1899
- 792.09421/09033 23
- PN2596.L6 G46 2014
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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.
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