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The classic slave narratives /

Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George Washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves had written what are called slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other er...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Signet Classics, [2012]
Subjects:
Slave narratives > United States.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Slaves' writings, American.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
African Americans > History > To 1863.
United States > Race relations.
Equiano, Olaudah, > 1745-1797.
Prince, Mary.
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895.
Jacobs, Harriet A. > (Harriet Ann), > 1813-1897.
African Americans.
Race relations.
Slave narratives.
Slaves.
Slaves > Social conditions.
United States.
To 1863
Biography.
History.
Description
Summary:Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George Washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves had written what are called slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude.
Physical Description:xxx, 648 pages ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780451532138
0451532139