Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives - Paperback
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Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives - Paperback
$73.71
by Sterling Lecater Bland Jr (Editor)
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.Author Biography
Sterling Lecater Bland Jr. is associate professor of English and African American studies at Rutgers University.
Number of Pages: 328
Dimensions: 0.69 x 10 x 7 IN
Publication Date: February 22, 2024
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