The Civitas anthology of African American slave narratives / edited by William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Andrews, William L., 1946-
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Civitas/Counterpoint, [1999], ©1999.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xi, 642 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself, to which is added, the narrative of Asa-Asa, a captured African (1831)
  • The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Va., as fully and voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray (1831)
  • Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself (1845)
  • Narrative of William W. Brown, an American slave, written by himself (1849)
  • Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave, written by himself (1849)
  • Running a thousand miles for freedom, or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery (1860)
  • Incidents in the life of a slave girl, written by herself, Harriet A. Jacobs (1861).