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thank you!

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As time passes, authors exert their opinions more explicitly, they're not quite so worried about being in physical danger over their writing

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Black literature moved from Black people simply telling their stories (talking about being slaves) to Black people more of an opportunity to explore who they are outside of their connection to slavery.

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I would argue that the letter from the dean was almost like a letter of support. The construction of the book seemed to be getting better (meaning African American lit was gaining respect in the larger literary world). And in this time, Cullen was able to write about more than the suffering he experienced.

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They had more freedom with topics in general. They could discuss experiences that concerned with not than being an enslaved person or escaping from that era.

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No portrait in the book and no statement of character

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Is the difference in typeface partially due to where the books were printed? Was the double "ff" practice and others like it ever popular in American printing tradition?

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It may have been more readily believed

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It's more accessible to working class people

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Sojourner’s story seemed more mass produced and read frequently. The construction was not done by a professional standard.

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Was a set of contents not in Truth’s work?

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The typeface is a lot more recognizable in the sojourner book

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Front matter
But drastically different condition. Truths edition wasn’t high quality to begin with

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Both books had portraits and some form of supporting letters.

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Supporting statements

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The portrait in the front cover

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The content is in a different order!

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In modern copies they would likely have the contents in the front. It would be significantly less ornate I assume

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That copy seemed to be owned by a wealthy person. It is personalized/decorated. It seems to be well crafted and taken care of.

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Compared to the copy on HathiTrust, our copy is *much* more ornate

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I think it’s especially ornate because of who it’s intended for in addition to the subject matter

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Can you see if we ask questions in here Ms. Beem?

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Primary documents are letters, diaries, books, etc written/made within the a specific period of time

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Primary documents don't have an intermediary "translating" or "analyzing" the information. Primary documents portray history as it was at the time, not through more modern eyes.

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Maybe not as many copies were available

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The front matter has specifics not found in secondary sources

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I have with With Dr Pereira

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I used it when I was writing for Niner Times

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I’ve been ! In person with Dr Pereira

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I tried to find it the other day

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Me!

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I have

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Ella Fitzgerald

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Greta Van Fleet

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Frank Sinatra

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FLEETWOOD MAC

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Jimi Hendrix or the Doors, or Michael Jackson or queen 😩😩

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Prince

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Beyonce
I’ve been there!

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Billie Holiday

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I would want to see Queen, specifically Live Aid

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The Andrew Sisters

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Michael Jackson

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Harry Styles

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I would like to see Taylor Swift