The struggle for freedom : phase 1 : as revealed in slave narratives of the pre-Civil War period (1840-1860) / by Margaret Y. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Margaret Y. (Margaret Young), 1918- author.

Contributor:

Adams Press, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

Slave narratives.

History.

African Americans.

United States--History--African Americans.

United States.

Slave narratives--United States.

African Americans--Civil rights--United States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 275 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Chicago] : Adams Press Chicago, 1976.

Contents:

Part One. The Fugitives' Story of Slavery. The Evolution of Fugitive Slave Narratives; The Personal Qualities of Fugitive Slave Narrators; The Narrators' Panorama of Slavery; The Narrators' Reminiscences of the Punishment of Slaves; The Slaves' Antislavery Views and Activities

Part Two. The Slave Narratives as Literature. Romanticism in Slave Narratives; Structure and Style; Humor; Folklore in the Slave Narrative.

Notes:

Includes half-title page.

Cover illustration signed "Trapkus".

"Copyright © 1976 by Margaret Y. Jackson" -- title page verso.

"Printed in the United States of America" -- title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

1135864916