Classic Slave Narratives Signet Classic
Posted in Posters on 02/01/2007 10:24 pm by admin
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Signet Classics) $0.75 One of the most important documents in American history…In this wrenching, classic autobiography, Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave—and, later, a slave who became a man. With an Introduction by Minister Peter J. Gomes of Harvard University…. |
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The Classic Slave Narratives-paperback $7.00 By 1944, over six thousand ex-slaves had written moving stories of their captivity, providing a prolific testimony to the horrors of bondage and servitude. Noted scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. compiles four of the most important “slave narratives” in this seminal volume… |
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Signet Classics) $1.19 Harriet Jacobs, under the name Linda Brent, illustrates here the evil and depravity of slavery. From Jacob’s seven years of hiding in a garret three feet high, to her harrowing escape north, to reunion with her children and freedom, it remains an outstanding example of a woman’s extraordinary courage in the face of almost unbeatable odds, as well as one of the most significant testimonials in Amer… |