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Understanding 19th-century slave narratives / Sterling Lecater Bland Jr., editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Freed persons--United States--Biography.
- Freed persons.
- Fugitive slaves--United States--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century--Sources.
- Slavery.
- Enslaved persons' writings, American.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection introduces readers to African American slave narratives of the 19th century, providing the foundation for work on African American history and experiences.
- Contents:
- Bearing witness: the fugitive slave narrative and its traditions
- Nat Turner (1800-1831): The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Va.
- Lunsford Lane (1803-?): The narrative of Lunsford Lane, formerly of Raleigh, N.C.
- William Wells Brown: Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave, written by himself (1847?)
- Henry "Box" Brown: narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide; written from a Statement of facts made by himself, with remarks upon the remedy for slavery by Charles Stearns
- James W.C. Pennington: 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, United States
- William and Ellen Craft: running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216029182
- 9798216159025
- 9781440844645
- 144084464X
- OCLC:
- 956332469
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