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I Was Born a Slave : An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Yuval.
- 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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