Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery
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Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems about Slavery is an anthology of literature about slavery. The book collects and reprints more than 400 poems about slavery published between 1660 and 1810. It was compiled and edited by Professor James Basker
, and published in 2002 by Yale University Press
. A revised edition was released in 2005.
James Basker
Professor James G. Basker is an American scholar, writer, and educational leader. He studied English at Harvard College and Cambridge University, and graduated from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, with a D. Phil in English...
, and published in 2002 by Yale University Press
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
. A revised edition was released in 2005.