Straightforward, yet often poetic, accounts of the battle for freedom, these memoirs by three courageous black women vividly chronicle their struggles in the bonds of slavery, their rebellion against injustice, and their determination to attain equality.
Critical edition of three women’s oral slave narratives.
Mr. Garrison and other friends had provided us with a large number of letters of introduction, after reaching London ... Ioseph Choate, and arranged for me to speak at a public meeting to be held in Essex Hall.
This three-volume work stands apart from previous Slave Narrative collections in that it organizes the narratives thematically, bringing the rich tapestry of slave culture to life in a fresh way.
Based on the true story of Harriet Jacobs’s escape from the South, this is one of American literature’s most powerful indictments of the evils of slavery.
"This Dover edition ...is an original compilation of unabridged editions of the following works"--T.p. verso.
Presents a collection of detailed narratives by African American writers who experienced slavery, and shows how their stories had an impact on the social history of America before emancipation.
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Vivid descriptions of the horrors of slave auctions, and many other unforgettable and sometimes unrepeatable details of slave life. Accompanied by 32 starkly compelling photographs.
The book describes slave attitudes and actions; slave-master relationships; the conditions of slave life, including diet, physical treatment, working conditions, housing, forms of resistance, and black overseers; slave cultural institutions ...
The first major attempt to relate canonical Romantic texts to writings of the African diaspora.