The Classic Slave Narratives: The Life of Olaudah Equiano / The History of Mary Prince / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Name: The Classic Slave Narratives: The Life of Olaudah Equiano / The History of Mary Prince / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9780451627261

The Life of Olaudah Equiano / The History of Mary Prince / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, Harriet A. Jacobs

1987·518 pages·en

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ISBN: 9780451627261

African Americans
Biography
Classics
History

About this book

These autobiographical narratives are the first texts in which black slaves began to proclaim themselves as human beings. The literature forms an intriguing personal tapestry, encompassing varied stories but inevitably depicting the horrors of human bondadge.

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