Lonnell Edward Johnson, in his dissertation, Portrait of the Bondslave in the Bible: Slavery and Freedom in the Works of Four Afro-American Poets, states that he “chose to examine the concept of the bondslave or servant of God” (Johnson v). In his dissertation, he examines the term doulos and Hebrew word ebed and “saw the recurring theme” (v) servant or bondslave used in positive ways that he didn’t anticipate in order to annotate a bibliography, for The Bible in Afro – American Life and Letters (Portrait of the Bondslave in the Bible… v).
Chapter One is devoted to Jupiter Hammon, Phillis Wheatley, George Moses Horton, and Frances E. W. Harper. He shows how each poet uses the bondslave image. His final chapter summarizes the discussion of slavery
Chapter One is devoted to Jupiter Hammon, Phillis Wheatley, George Moses Horton, and Frances E. W. Harper. He shows how each poet uses the bondslave image. His final chapter summarizes the discussion of slavery