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| Author | Christopher Hager |
|---|---|
| Subject | United States Civil War history, African-American literary criticism |
| Published | 2013 (Harvard University Press)[1] |
| Pages | 328[1] |
| ISBN | 978-0-674-05986-3 [2] |
Word by Word: Emancipation and the Act of Writing is a 2013 historical book and analysis of a collection of writings by American slaves and befreed slaves. It was written by Christopher Hager and published by Harvard University Press.
