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I Was Born a Slave: An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives: 1772-1849 (1) (The Library of Black America series) - Softcover
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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.
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Yuval Taylor is the coauthor of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music and the editor of Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves.
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- PublisherLawrence Hill Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1556523319
- ISBN 13 9781556523311
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages832
- EditorTaylor Yuval
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