Michael W. Rickard IIApr 17, 20194 min read"Ama": Exploring Identity in a Comprehensive Neo-Slave NarrativeCopyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Manu Herbstein’s neo-slave narrative Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade provides readers...
Michael W. Rickard IIFeb 22, 20195 min readThe Trade Winds of Change: Emily Cartwright’s Ignorance and Corruption in the Novel "Cambridge&Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on...
Michael W. Rickard IIFeb 16, 20194 min readI Waiting Until the Cows Come Home: Male Sexuality in Toni Morrison’s "Beloved."Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on Toni...
Michael W. Rickard IIFeb 9, 20193 min readI Hadn’t Knowed: Intersectionality and the Synthesis of Dessa Rose and Miss RufelCopyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on the...
Michael W. Rickard IIFeb 1, 20194 min read“Faithful Are the Wounds of a Friend”: How Harriet Jacobs Is Not Afraid to Offend Her Audience in &qCopyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on...
Michael W. Rickard IIJan 11, 20194 min readTwo Forms of Slavery? Comparing "Factory Lives" and "Incidents in the Life of a SlaveCopyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Factory Lives: Four Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiographies (Factory Lives) provides an...
by Michael Rickard IIJun 13, 20174 min read"Two Flights to Freedom: Equiano and Douglass' Common Narrative Elements While Escaping SlaSlave narratives contain several common elements. One of the common elements is that the narratives record a long and complicated journey...