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Puttin' on Ole Massa : The Slave Narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, and Solomon Northup / Gilbert Osofsky, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons' writings, American.
- Fugitive slaves--Biography.
- Fugitive slaves.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (411 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Socorro, NM : Advanced Reasoning Forum, 2022.
- Summary:
- In Puttin' on Ole Massa the noted historian Gilbert Osofsky has edited the autobiographies of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, and Solomon Northup that tell of their time as slaves before the Civil War. His superb introduction is a great help for understanding how these narratives were written. Together they help us see how the slavery culture in America continues to affect us all today.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Significance of Slave Narratives
- A Note on the Usefulness of Folklore
- Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb
- The Narrative
- Narrative of William Wells Brown
- Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup
- Bibliographic Note.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Henry, Bibb Puttin' on Ole Massa
- ISBN:
- 9781938421716
- 193842171X
- OCLC:
- 1343249920
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