The classic slave narratives / edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Signet Classics, [2002]Description: 672 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 0451528247 (pbk.) :; 9780451528247 (pbk.)Subject(s): Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797 | Prince, Mary | Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 | Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897 | Slave narratives -- United States | Slaves -- United States -- Biography | African Americans -- Biography | Slaves' writings, American | Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions | African Americans -- History -- To 1863 | United States -- Race relationsDDC classification: 301.45 LOC classification: E444 | .C63 2002
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Summary: Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves ahd written what caalled slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other ear, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude.
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African -- The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave -- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave -- Incidents in the life of a slave girl / [Harriet Jacobs, writing as Linda Brent].
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [669]-672).
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African -- The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave -- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave -- Incidents in the life of a slave girl / [Harriet Jacobs, writing as Linda Brent].
Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves ahd written what caalled slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other ear, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude.
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