... literature follow certain conventions: "[The work] expound[s] a branch of theoretical or practical knowledge, or present[s] in an impressive and persuasive imaginative form, a moral, religious or philosophical thesis or doctrine [Turner 39]. That Walker's work is persuasive is clear from historical records. For written evidence shows that "The Appeal" provided a shot in the arm to the abolitionist movement, for according to Turner ... literature. Consequently, it is Walker's work alone that emerges as the mantra of the enslaved, so that it is he and not Harriet Beecher-Stowe, the white ...

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