The Classic Slave Narratives

Author : Henry Louis Gates
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451532138

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The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates Pdf

A seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The History of Mary Price: A West Indian Slave, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, and The Life of Olaudah Equiano. Before the end of the Civil War, more than one hundred former slaves had published moving stories of their captivity and escape, joined by a similar number after the war. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of America's top experts in African American studies, presents four of these classic narratives that illustrate the real nature of black experience in slavery. Fascinating and powerful, this collection includes four of the best-known examples: the lives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs (alias Linda Brent), Mary Price, and Olaudah Equiano (alias Gustavus Vassa). These amazing stories are not only first-person histories of the highest caliber, they are also a unique literary form that has given birth to the spirit, vitality, and vision of America's modern black writers. Updated with the ninth edition of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, the last edition he revised and published in his lifetime. With a Revised and Updated Introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Author : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0606240160

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The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) Pdf

This collection of four first-hand accounts of slavery were chosen from the experiences of more than 6,000 ex-slaves, who by 1944 had written moving stories of their captivity. This volume includes portraits of the lives of Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, and Harriet Jacobs.

Author : Henry Louis Gates
Publisher : Signet
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UCSC:32106010539580

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The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates Pdf

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.

Author : William L. Andrews,Henry Louis Gates
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781598532128

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Slave Narratives (LOA #114) by William L. Andrews,Henry Louis Gates Pdf

The ten works collected in this volume demonstrate how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary tradition by expressing their in anger, pain, sorrow, and courage. Included in the volume: Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw; Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; The Confessions of Nat Turner; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of William W. Brown; Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb; Narrative of Sojouner Truth; Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Narrative of the Life of J. D.Green.

Author : Yuval Taylor
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781613742051

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I Was Born a Slave by Yuval Taylor Pdf

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.

Author : Yuval Taylor
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 805 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781556523311

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I was Born a Slave by Yuval Taylor Pdf

The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites; the kidnapping of a white woman and her rescue by a slave; the nightmarish tortures of the infamous Mr. Gooch; the tragicomic experiences of a pair of "white slaves"; and the story of the "original Uncle Tom."--

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735277533

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The Parade by Dave Eggers Pdf

From a beloved author, a spare, powerful story of two men, Western contractors sent to work far from home, tasked with paving a road to the capital in a dangerous and largely lawless country. Four and Five are partners, working for the same company, sent without passports to a nation recovering from ten years of civil war. Together, operating under pseudonyms and anonymous to potential kidnappers, they are given a new machine, the RS-90, and tasked with building a highway that connects the country's far-flung villages with the capital. Four, nicknamed "The Clock," is one of the highway's most experienced operators, never falling short of his assigned schedule. He drives the RS-90, stopping only to sleep and eat the food provided by the company. But Five is an agent of chaos: speeding ahead on his vehicle, chatting and joking with locals, eating at nearby bars and roadside food stands, he threatens the schedule, breaks protocol, and endangers the work that they must complete in time for a planned government parade. His every action draws Four's ire, but when illness, corruption, and theft compromise their high-stakes mission, Four and Five discover danger far greater than anything they could pose to one another.

Author : Frances Smith Foster
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299142140

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Witnessing Slavery by Frances Smith Foster Pdf

**** New edition of the Greenwood Press original of 1979 (which is cited in BCL3), with a new introduction, chapter, and a supplementary bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Julia Sun-Joo Lee
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195390322

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The American Slave Narrative and the Victorian Novel by Julia Sun-Joo Lee Pdf

This title explores the influence of the American slave narrative on the Victorian novel. The book argues that Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, and Robert Louis Stevenson integrated into their works elements of the slave narrative.

Author : Solomon Northup,Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs,Sojourner Truth
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504048354

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Voices of Freedom by Solomon Northup,Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs,Sojourner Truth Pdf

Four of the most important and enduring American slave narratives together in one volume. Until slavery was abolished in 1865, millions of men, women, and children toiled under a system that stripped them of their freedom and their humanity. Much has been written about this shameful era of American history, but few books speak with as much power as the narratives written by those who experienced slavery firsthand. The basis for the film of the same name, Twelve Years a Slave is Solomon Northup’s heartrending chronicle of injustice and brutality. Northup was born and raised a freeman in New York State—until he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. Before returning to his family and freedom, he suffered smallpox, the overseer’s lash, and an attempted lynching. Perhaps the most famous of all slave chronicles, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass immediately struck a chord with readers when it was first released in 1855. After escaping to freedom, Douglass became a well-known orator and abolitionist, drawing on his own experiences to condemn the evils of slavery. One of the few female slave narratives, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was originally published under a pseudonym by Harriet Jacobs. After she escaped to freedom in North Carolina, where she became an abolitionist, Jacobs described the particular suffering of female slaves, including sexual harassment and abuse. Published in 1850, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is Truth’s landmark memoir of her life as a slave in upstate New York and her transformation into a pioneer for racial equality and women’s rights. These narratives serve as a timeless testament to the strength and bravery, and as a voice to the millions of people enslaved in this dark period of American history. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Author : Henry L. Gates
Publisher : Everbind
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1557441359

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The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry L. Gates Pdf

Introduction by the Editor. Along with the writings of Frederick Douglass and Olaudah Equiano, this original anthology includes the writings of women slaves, Harriet Jacobs (alias: Linda Brent) and Mary Prince. Notes, bibliography.

Author : William L. Andrews,Henry Louis Gates,Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Publisher : Civitas Books
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046902501

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The Civitas Anthology Of African American Slave Narratives by William L. Andrews,Henry Louis Gates,Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) Pdf

Seven complete narratives from the middle of the 19th century. In addition to the well-known Nat Turner and Frederick Douglass, the authors include West Indian Mary Prince, William W. Brown on the survival ethic and slave tricks, family man Henry Bibb, an account of a daring escape, and a expose of sexual abuse. No index or annotation. Bibliographical references are limited to the introduction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Henry Bibb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : African American abolitionists
ISBN : IND:30000005099258

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Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave by Henry Bibb Pdf

Author : Yuval Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0862419034

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I was born a slave by Yuval Taylor Pdf

Author : John Sekora,Darwin T. Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015032446331

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The Art of Slave Narrative by John Sekora,Darwin T. Turner Pdf