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I Was Born a Slave : An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Taylor, Yuval.
Contributor:
Taylor, Yuval, Contributor.
Johnson, Charles, Contributor.
Series:
Library of Black America.
The Library of Black America series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans.
Americans--Biography.
Biography.
Slaves.
Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
Enslaved persons.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
United States.
Local Subjects:
Americans--Biography.
Biography.
Slaves.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (805 p.)
Place of Publication:
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 1999.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
--have achieved reputations as masterpieces; but some of the lesser-known narratives are equally brilliant. This unprecedented anthology presents them unabridged, providing each one with helpful introductions and annotations, to form the most comprehensive volume ever assembled on the lives and writings of the slaves.
Contents:
V. 1. 1772-1849. James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa)
William Grimes
Nat Turner
Charles Ball
Moses Roper
Frederick Douglass
Lewis & Milton Clark
William Wells Brown
Josiah Henson
V. 2. 1849-1866. Henry Bibb
James W.C. Pennington
Solomon Northup
John Brown
John Thompson
William and Ellen Craft
Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent)
Jacob D. Green
James Mars
William Parker.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
ISBN:
1-61374-203-7
OCLC:
748241877

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