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Great slave narratives Selected and introduced by Arna Bontemps
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E444.G7x
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Personal narratives.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Personal narratives.
- Enslaved persons.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 331 p. 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Beacon Press [c1969]
- Contents:
- The slave narrative; an American genre, by A. Bontemps.
- The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself.
- The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W. C. Pennington, pastor of a Presbyterian church, New York, formerly a slave in the State of Maryland.
- Running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- OCLC:
- 32488
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