The long walk to freedom : runaway slave narratives / edited, and with introductions, by Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise.

A compilation of 12 first-person accounts of the runaway slave phenomenon spanning eight decades. Told in the voices of the runaway slaves themselves, these narratives reveal the extraordinary and often innovative ways that these men and women sought freedom and demanded citizenship. Also included i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carbado, Devon W.
Weise, Donald
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Slave narratives > United States.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century > Sources.
Underground Railroad > Sources.
Genre:
Biography.
Sources.
Physical Description:xxiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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