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I Was Born a Slave - An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives: 1772-1849 (Paperback, Revised)
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I Was Born a Slave - An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives: 1772-1849 (Paperback, Revised)
Series: The Library of Black America series
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Between 1760 and 1902, more than 200 book-length autobiographies of
ex-slaves were published; together they form the basis for all
subsequent African American literature. "I Was Born a Slave"
collects the 20 most significant "slave narratives." They describe
whippings, torture, starvation, resistance, and hairbreadth
escapes; slave auctions, kidnappings, and murders; sexual abuse,
religious confusion, the struggle of learning to read and write;
and the triumphs and difficulties of life as free men and women.
Many of the narratives--such as those of Frederick Douglass and
Harriet Jacobs--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.
Volume One (1770-1849) includes the narratives of James Albert
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), William
Grimes, Nat Turner, Charles Ball, Moses Roper, Frederick Douglass,
Lewis & Milton Clarke, William Wells Brown, and Josiah
Henson.
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