Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives
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Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives

Sterling Lecater Bland Jr., Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.

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Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives

Sterling Lecater Bland Jr., Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.

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African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the grim realities of the antebellum South; they also provide the foundation for this compelling and revealing work on African American history and experiences. Naturally, it is not possible to really know what being a slave during the antebellum period in America was like without living the experience. But students CAN get eye-opening insight into what it was like through the gripping stories of bravery, courage, persistence, and resiliency in this collection of annotated slave narratives from the period. Each of the collected narratives includes an introduction that provides readers with key historical context on the particular life examined. Moreover, each narrative is accompanied by annotations that broaden the reader's comprehension of that primary document. The primary source documents in this volume tell enthralling stories, such as how slave woman Ellen Craft utilized her particularly pale complexion to pose as a free white man overseeing his slaves to free herself and her husband, and how Henry Brown successfully shipped himself to freedom in a box measuring scarcely 3 feet by 2 feet by 6 inches deep-despite being more than 6 feet tall.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2016
ISBN
9798216159025
Edition
1
Subtopic
Esclavage

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