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ERIC Number: EJ378381
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Leslie Pickney Hill's "Toussaint L'Ouverture."
Ako, Edward O.
Phylon, v48 n3 p190-95 Fall 1987
In his 1928 play, the Harlem Renaissance writer Leslie Pickney Hill portrays Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Haitian slave rebellion, with historical accuracy. Hill's presentation was aimed at rehabilitating black pride, "A worthy literature reared upon authentic records of achievement is the present spiritual need of the race." (BJV)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black History, Black Literature, Colonialism, Haitians, Historiography, Literary History, North American Literature, Racial Attitudes, Rhetorical Criticism, Slavery, Social Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Haiti
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