23 English eng Hutchins, Zachary Mcleod Contributor <p>The article explores the relationship between the <span data-start="554" data-end="579" style="">Stamp Act controversy</span> and <span data-start="584" data-end="615" style="">slavery in colonial America</span>. It argues that white colonists often used “slavery” as a metaphor for British oppression, while other writers emphasized the reality of African enslavement. The article highlights the contradiction between the colonists’ demand for liberty and the continued existence of slavery in America.<br></p> University of North Carolina Press 2015 pdf ISSN 0012-8163 Early American Literature The Slave Narrative and the Stamp Act, or Letters from Two American Farmers in Pennsylvania mixed material University of North Carolina Press