Matt Sandler is program director of the MA in American Studies at Columbia University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race. He specializes in American and African American poetry. Previously, he taught at Louisiana State University, Gettysburg College, and the University of Oregon.
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The prophetic poetry of slavery and its abolition During the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writers—enslaved and free—allied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation... SEE MORE