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Slave Narratives

door William L. Andrews (Redacteur), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Redacteur)

Andere auteurs: Henry Bibb (Medewerker), William Wells Brown (Medewerker), L. Maria Child (Medewerker), Ellen Craft (Medewerker), William Craft (Medewerker)8 meer, Frederick Douglass (Medewerker), Olaudah Equiano (Medewerker), Jacob D. Green (Medewerker), James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (Medewerker), Harriet Ann Jacobs (Medewerker), Sojourner Truth (Medewerker), Nat Turner (Medewerker), Gustavus Vassa (Medewerker)

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Consists of primary source material in the form of personal narratives. "No literary genre speaks as directly and as eloquently to the brutal contradictions in American history as the slave narrative. The works collected in this volume present unflinching portrayals of the cruelty and degradation of slavery while testifying to the African-American struggle for freedom and dignity. They demonstrate the power of the written word to affirm a person's -- and a people's -- humanity in a society poisoned by racism. Slave Narratives shows how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and, through their expression of anger, pain, sorrow, and courage, laid the foundations of the African-American literary tradition. This volume collects ten works published between 1772 and 1864: Two narratives by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (1772) and Olaudah Equiano (1789) recount how they were taken from Africa as children and brought across the Atlantic to British North America; The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) provides unique insight into the man who led the deadliest slave uprising in American history; The widely read narratives by the fugitive slaves Frederick Douglass (1845), William Wells Brown (1847), and Henry Bibb (1849) strengthened the abolitionist cause by exposing the hypocrisies inherent in a slaveholding society ostensibly dedicated to liberty and Christian morality;The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) describes slavery in the North while expressing the eloquent fervor of a dedicated woman; Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860) tells the story of William and Ellen Craft's subversive and ingenious escape from Georgia to Philadelphia; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is Harriet Jacobs's complex and moving story of her prolonged resistance to sexual and racial oppression; and the narrative of the "trickster" Jacob Green (1864) presents a disturbing story full of wild humor and intense cruelty. Together, these works fuse memory, advocacy, and defiance into a searing collective portrait of American life before emancipation. Slave Narratives contains a chronology of events in the history of slavery, as well as biographical and explanatory notes and an essay on the texts."--Publisher's description.… (meer)
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I've already read three of the ten slave narratives from this volume. Harriet Jacobs's story stands out: to escape from the advances of her slave master, who wanted to have a sexual relationship with her, she went into hiding in the space between her grandmother's roof and ceiling, the highest part of which is only three feet. She ends up hiding there for over seven years. An awesome first-hand account. I want to read Nat Turner's and Sojourner Truth's narratives next.
  frebau | Dec 2, 2019 |
Ten separate narratives spanning 1770-1860 in which the enslaved argue for their humanity to an eventually sympathetic nation. Wm and Ellen Craft's 'Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom' with them disguised as a sickly master (Ellen) and his slave across steam boats and trains from Georgia to Philadelphia stands out. Harriet Jacob's 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' is remarkably well written. The set ends with Jacob Green telling his disturbing story, letting us know these were complicated humans making the best of their situations as they could. ( )
  kcshankd | Dec 31, 2017 |
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AuteursnaamRolType auteurWerk?Status
Andrews, William L.Redacteurprimaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.Redacteurprimaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Bibb, HenryMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Brown, William WellsMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Child, L. MariaMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Craft, EllenMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Craft, WilliamMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Douglass, FrederickMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Equiano, OlaudahMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Green, Jacob D.MedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Gronniosaw, James Albert UkawsawMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Jacobs, Harriet AnnMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Truth, SojournerMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Turner, NatMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Vassa, GustavusMedewerkerSecundaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
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This is an omnibus unique to the Library of America; therefore, all CK facts apply to this publication only.
This omnibus, edited by Henry Louis Gates, junior, contains 10 slave narratives. It should not be confused with the omnibus CLASSIC SLAVE NARRATIVES, which contains 4 rather than 10 narratives; the two works have overlapping content but are not the same.

This omnibus includes:
  • A narrative of the most remarkable particulars in the life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince, as related by himself (1772)
  • Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1779)
  • The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831)
  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) by Frederick Douglass
  • Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave, written by himself by William Wells Brown
  • Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself, with an introduction by Louis C. Matlack (1849)
  • Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth
  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by William and Ellen Craft
  • Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Narrative of the Life of J.D. Green
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Consists of primary source material in the form of personal narratives. "No literary genre speaks as directly and as eloquently to the brutal contradictions in American history as the slave narrative. The works collected in this volume present unflinching portrayals of the cruelty and degradation of slavery while testifying to the African-American struggle for freedom and dignity. They demonstrate the power of the written word to affirm a person's -- and a people's -- humanity in a society poisoned by racism. Slave Narratives shows how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and, through their expression of anger, pain, sorrow, and courage, laid the foundations of the African-American literary tradition. This volume collects ten works published between 1772 and 1864: Two narratives by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (1772) and Olaudah Equiano (1789) recount how they were taken from Africa as children and brought across the Atlantic to British North America; The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) provides unique insight into the man who led the deadliest slave uprising in American history; The widely read narratives by the fugitive slaves Frederick Douglass (1845), William Wells Brown (1847), and Henry Bibb (1849) strengthened the abolitionist cause by exposing the hypocrisies inherent in a slaveholding society ostensibly dedicated to liberty and Christian morality;The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850) describes slavery in the North while expressing the eloquent fervor of a dedicated woman; Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860) tells the story of William and Ellen Craft's subversive and ingenious escape from Georgia to Philadelphia; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is Harriet Jacobs's complex and moving story of her prolonged resistance to sexual and racial oppression; and the narrative of the "trickster" Jacob Green (1864) presents a disturbing story full of wild humor and intense cruelty. Together, these works fuse memory, advocacy, and defiance into a searing collective portrait of American life before emancipation. Slave Narratives contains a chronology of events in the history of slavery, as well as biographical and explanatory notes and an essay on the texts."--Publisher's description.

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