Claiming Exodus : a cultural history of Afro-Atlantic identity, 1774-1903 - Thomas, Rhondda Robinson (Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2013)
Exodus and the politics of liberty in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, 1760-1800 -- Exodus as the blueprint for building free black communities in America and abroad, 1800-1840 -- Afro-Atlantic exodus: integration vs. emigration in the era of manifest destiny, 1840-1861 -- Exodus, The civil war, and reconstruction: from Egypt to the border of Canaan, an American journey, 1861-1877 -- African Americans in the nadir: American Egypt, American Canaan, 1877-1900 -- Afterword: The first Joshua generation-stranded on the border of Canaan, 1895-1903.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
Keywords: Bible -- In literature; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism; Exodus, The, in literature; African Americans in literature; African Americans -- Race identity