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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789774003321

Autore

Taylor Yuval

Titolo

I Was Born a Slave [[electronic resource] ] : An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Chicago Review Press, 1999

ISBN

1-61374-203-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (805 p.)

Collana

The Library of Black America series

Disciplina

306.3620922

920.009296073

Soggetti

African Americans

Americans -- Biography

Biography

Slaves

Enslaved persons - United States

Enslaved persons' writings, American

United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

V. 1. 1772-1849. James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw -- Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) -- William Grimes -- Nat Turner -- Charles Ball -- Moses Roper -- Frederick Douglass -- Lewis & Milton Clark -- William Wells Brown -- Josiah Henson -- V. 2. 1849-1866. Henry Bibb -- James W.C. Pennington -- Solomon Northup -- John Brown -- John Thompson -- William and Ellen Craft -- Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) -- Jacob D. Green -- James Mars -- William Parker.

Sommario/riassunto

--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.