Queries for the List

[Jonathan Lighter]

If he's looking for the (other) N-word, I'd suggest a long look at HDAS II
(!997).

Also Randall Kennedy, _Nigger_ (N.Y.: Pantheon, 2002).

JL

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> I suggest:
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>      Rael, Patrick. "Introduction." In African-American Activism
> before the Civil War: The Freedom Struggle in the Antebellum North,
> ed. Patrick Rael (New York: Routeledge, 2008), esp. p. 18.
>      Rael, Patrick. Black Identity & Black Protest in the Antebellum
> North. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002, esp. p.
> 85.
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> Rael discusses the "complicated and instructive" history of use of
> the various terms, by those who identified themselves by those terms,
> as well as (very likely!) by others.
>
> Searching Early American Newspapers (which progresses into the 1840s,
> I think) and Early American Imprints might be informative.  And
> Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (which I'm not familiar with).
>
> Joel
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> At 2/24/2011 08:44 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> >A law professor is writing about the history and usage of the terms
> >"African-American," "Afro-American," "Negro," "black," etc.  Can
> >anyone suggest to me good books or articles treating this
> >topic?  Also, can anyone suggest to me the names of knowledgeable
> >scholars on this subject who might be willing to provide some input
> >to the law professor?
> >
> >He also is seeking help in identifying a paper he saw about the
> >speech of Martha's Vineyard, a paper that examined how homeowners on
> >that island spoke differently when talking to visitors who did not
> >own a home there.  Does anyone know of such a paper?
> >
> >Fred Shapiro
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