Taking liberty, taking literacy: Signifying in the rhetoric of african‐american abolitionists

Southern Communication Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 271-287

  Bacon, Jacqueline ^a  

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EID: 85007839599     PISSN: 1041794X     EISSN: 19303203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10417949909373143     Document Type: Article

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