White Supremacy In Children's Literature (children's Literature & Culture)

WHITE SUPREMACY IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AND CULTURE JACK ZIPES, SERIES EDITOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE COMES OF AGE Toward a New Aesthetic by Maria Nikolajeva IDEOLOGIES OF IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENT FICTION by Robyn McCallum NARRATING AFRICA REDISCOVERIES IN CHILDREN’S George Henty and The Fiction LITERATURE of Empire by Suzanne Rahn by Mawuena Kossi Logan REGENDERING THE SCHOOL STORY Sassy Sissies and Tattling Tomboys by Beverly Lyon Clark TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults edited by Sandra L.Beckett WHITE SUPREMACY IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Characterizations of African Americans, 1830–1900 by Donnarae McCann TRANSLATING FOR CHILDREN by Riitta Oittinen RETELLING STORIES, FRAMING CULTURE Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature by John Stephens and Robyn McCallum THE CASE OF PETER RABBIT Changing Conditions of Literature for Children by Margaret Mackey LITTLE WOMEN AND THE FEMINIST IMAGINATION Criticism, Controversy, Personal Essays edited by Janice M.Alberghene and Beverly Lyon Clark CHILDREN’S FILMS History, Ideology, Pedagogy, Theory by Ian Wojcik-Andrews RUSSELL HOBAN/FORTY YEARS Essays on His Writings for Children by Alida Allison EMPIRE’S CHILDREN Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children’s Books by M.Daphne Kutzer A NECESSARY FANTASY? The Heroic Figure in Children’s Popular Culture edited by Dudley Jones and Tony Watkins WHITE SUPREMACY IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS, 1830–1900 DONNARAE MACCANN ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK AND LONDON First paperback edition published in 2001 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002. Copyright © 1998 by Donnarae McCann Previously published in hardback as vol. 1043 in the Garland Reference Library of Social Science. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data MacCann, Donnarae. White supremacy in children’s literature: characterizations of African Americans, 1830–1900/Donnarae MacCann. p. cm. Includes bibliographic references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 0-8153-2056-6 (alk. paper) ISBN 0-415-92890-7 (pbk.) 1. American literature—19th century—History and criticism 2. Afro—Americans in literature. 3. White supremacy movements— United States—History—19th century. 4. American Literature—White authors—History and criticism. 5. Children’s literature, American— History and criticism. 6. Characters and characteristics in literature. 7. Racism in literature. I. Title. II.Series: Garland reference library of social science; v.1043. III. Series: Garland reference library of social science. Children’s literature and culture series; v.4. PS173.N4M33 1998 97–37620 810.9'3520396073–dc21 CIP ISBN 0-203-90511-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-90604-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-92890-7 (Print Edition) In fond memory of Jonathan W.Walton Jr. Contents Preface A Note on Usage Introduction ix xi xiii Part I: The Antebellum Years Chapter One Ambivalent Abolitionism A Sampling of Narratives Chapter Two Sociopolitical and Artistic Dimens