Hidden LiteraciesMain MenuHidden Literacies - An IntroductionPhillis Wheatley, Amanuensisa letter from Susanna Wheatley, likely dictated to the famous poet she enslaved — with commentary by Katy L. ChilesWalt Whitman’s Baby Talka Confederate veteran writes fan mail in the voice of his infant son — with commentary by Matt Cohen‘Permit Us to Speak Plainly’the 1849 Munsee Petition to Zachary Taylor — with commentary by Andrew NewmanJuvenile Journalism and Genocidea manuscript magazine by three young boys — with commentary by Karen Sánchez-EpplerVisions, Versions, and DeedsCreek Sovereignty in Coosaponakeesa’s Memorials — with commentary by Caroline WiggintonAccounting for Mary Fowler Occoma household inventory of Mary Occom — with commentary by Kelly WisecupLetters and Charactersletter from Walter Duncan to Dollie Duncan from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary — with commentary by Ellen CushmanWriting the Prisoncongregate literacy in the New York penitentiary — with commentary by Jodi Schorb‘Outlandish Characters’a Kickapoo prayer stick — with commentary by Phillip RoundCesar Lyndon Was Herethe account book of an enslaved man in colonial Rhode Island — with commentary by Tara A. BynumBirch-Bark Publications of Simon PokaganMargaret NoodinHidden Literacies - The PodcastAll podcast episodesHidden Literacies - CreditsIndexIndex of all pages
1media/Phillis_Wheatley_frontispiece.jpgmedia/Eastman_Johnson,_The_Lord_is_My_Shepherd-cropped.jpg2019-03-13T11:38:25+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141Hidden Literacies - An Introduction18image_header32023-08-04T12:25:13+00:00Christopher Hagerccc5486c10317faa3407216a45842d5450a4165c
1media/front lacuna.jpgmedia/DSC_0127 (1).jpg2018-12-05T16:30:40+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141Phillis Wheatley, Amanuensis41a letter from Susanna Wheatley, likely dictated to the famous poet she enslaved — with commentary by Katy L. Chilesimage_header312022-08-22T14:27:38+00:00Samson Occom Papers: Correspondence, Connecticut Historical SocietyEnglishLetter from Susanna Wheatley to Samson Occom, March 29, 1773, Samson Occom Papers, MS Occom (Box 1, Folder 7), the Connecticut Historical SocietyAfrican American, slavery, amanuensis, collaborationJoelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141
1media/page1CrpAdj.jpgmedia/page1CrpAdj.jpg2019-03-12T11:19:52+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141Walt Whitman’s Baby Talk30a Confederate veteran writes fan mail in the voice of his infant son — with commentary by Matt Cohenimage_header92022-08-09T14:36:56+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141
1media/munsee letter header.JPGmedia/munsee letter header.JPG2018-12-18T11:04:57+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141‘Permit Us to Speak Plainly’27the 1849 Munsee Petition to Zachary Taylor — with commentary by Andrew Newmanimage_header232022-07-29T16:53:45+00:00Mary Mahoneyca438d2b6629f18e0407b5b2f43783336d4dc10a
1media/ChitChat3Back.jpgmedia/ChitChat1.jpg2019-01-29T09:53:44+00:00Christopher Hagerccc5486c10317faa3407216a45842d5450a4165cJuvenile Journalism and Genocide21a manuscript magazine by three young boys — with commentary by Karen Sánchez-Epplerimage_header122022-09-06T13:55:22+00:00Joelle Thomas0feb3b2b7a8befeee2c7d2d710d303ed96772141