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Author Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961-
Title Performing the temple of liberty : slavery, theater, and popular culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760-1850 / Jenna M. Gibbs.
Publisher Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.


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Descript 313 pages.
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Contents 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.
ISBN 9781421413389 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421413388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Author Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961-
Series Early America: history, context, culture
Subject 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 -- England -- London -- History.
Slave trade in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Race in the theater -- England -- London -- History.
Race in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
London (England) -- Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
Descript 313 pages.
Content text
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Contents 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.
ISBN 9781421413389 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421413388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Gibbs, Jenna M., 1961-
Series Early America: history, context, culture
Subject 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 -- England -- London -- History.
Slave trade in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Race in the theater -- England -- London -- History.
Race in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
London (England) -- Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 Wilberforce Institute  PN 2596 L6 G4  DEPT DECISION  ASK AT DEPT

Subject 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 -- England -- London -- History.
Slave trade in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
Race in the theater -- England -- London -- History.
Race in the theater -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
London (England) -- Social life and customs.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
Descript 313 pages.
Content text
Media unmediated
Carrier volume
Contents 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.
ISBN 9781421413389 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1421413388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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