{"product_id":"black-prison-intellectuals-writings-from-the-long-nineteenth-century-9780813080833","title":"Black Prison Intellectuals: Writings from the Long Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow early Black prison writing shaped Black intellectual movements \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003e this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from \u003cbr\u003eearly archives to call into question the idea that the Black prison \u003cbr\u003eintellectual movement began in the twentieth century. In fact, nearly \u003cbr\u003etwo centuries before Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver, Black prisoners \u003cbr\u003ewere serving as thought leaders and contributing to political movements.\u003cbr\u003e By illuminating their pathbreaking voices, Stone shows that prison \u003cbr\u003ewriting from this era was a foundational part of Black American \u003cbr\u003eintellectualism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounding her work in a history of \u003cbr\u003ethe disproportionately high incarceration of Black Americans, Stone \u003cbr\u003etraces the arc of Black prison writing from 1795 to 1901. She analyzes \u003cbr\u003egallows literature, court records, newspaper coverage, and parole \u003cbr\u003erequest letters, arguing that parole requests represent an undervalued, \u003cbr\u003evital literary genre. Most of the writers featured in this book were \u003cbr\u003eeffectively treated as enemies of the state, leading Stone to a question\u003cbr\u003e that continues to resonate in America today: what is the distinction \u003cbr\u003ebetween criminal and enemy, and how are those categories intertwined \u003cbr\u003ewith Blackness in the United States? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Prison Intellectuals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e sheds light on the roots of issues like structural racism and mass \u003cbr\u003eincarceration. Looking at an important literary tradition that \u003cbr\u003econtributed to the Black American intellectual movement, this book helps\u003cbr\u003e readers better understand the present as a moment in the long journey \u003cbr\u003etoward a racially just society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication\u003cbr\u003e of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the \u003cbr\u003eAmerican Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the \u003cbr\u003eHumanities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813080833","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43256036294793,"sku":"9780813080833","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5c559633-8249-46e5-8a4e-b9235fad7f06.jpg?v=1736236051","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/black-prison-intellectuals-writings-from-the-long-nineteenth-century-9780813080833","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}