African-American poetry of the nineteenth century : an anthology

Chosen from the work of the unknown as well as the famous, 171 poems by 35 black men and women show poetic mastery of a great variety of subjects and styles, as well as a wide range of attitudes and poetic talents. Every poem has historical importance as a response to the African-American experience by black writers of the period from 1829 to 1900. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

George Moses Horton -- Noah Calwell Cannon -- Charles Lewis Reason -- Ann Plato -- Joshua McCarter Simpson -- James Monroe Whitfield -- Daniel Alexander Payne -- Alfred Gibbs Campbell -- Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Joseph Cephas Holly -- George Boyer Vashon -- Elymas Payson Rogers -- Adah Isaacs Menken -- James Madison Bell -- Charlotte L. Forten Grimke -- Alfred Islay Walden -- Albery Allson Whitman -- Henrietta Cordelia Ray -- John Willis Menard -- Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin -- Timothy Thomas Fortune -- James Edwin Campbell -- Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. -- George Clinton Rowe -- Josephine Delphine Henderson Heard -- Daniel Webster Davis -- Edward W. Williams -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- George Marion McClellan -- Eloise Alberta Veronica Bibb -- Mary Weston Fordham -- Frank Barbour Coffin -- James Ephriam McGirt -- Samuel Alfred Beadle -- Priscilla Jane Thompson.