I Was Born a Slave: An Anthology of Classic Slave Narrative, 1772-1849 by Charles R. Johnson, Yuval Taylor

I Was Born a Slave: An Anthology of Classic Slave Narrative, 1772-1849

Charles R. Johnson, Yuval Taylor

832 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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...

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