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Title:

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

Publisher:

Civitas/Counterpoint,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xi, 642 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slaves--United States--Biography.
Afro-Americans--Biography.
Slaves' writings, American.

Other Authors:

Andrews, William L., 1946-
Gates, Henry Louis.

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 Southhampton, 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).

ISBN:

9781582430195 (alk. paper)
1582430195 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40193760

LCCN:

98049051

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)