The Classic slave narratives / edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Other Authors: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin, [1987], ©1987.
Subjects:
Equiano, Olaudah, > 1745-1797.
Prince, Mary.
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895.
Jacobs, Harriet A. > (Harriet Ann), > 1813-1897.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Slavery > United States > Condition of slaves.
African Americans > History > To 1863.
United States > Race relations.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
LM copy 1 given in memory of Wilbur Delano Howard.
Physical Description:xviii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
  • The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave
  • Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an African slave
  • Incidents in the life of a slave girl / [Harriet Jacobs, writing as Linda Brent].