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Used Book ~ The Classic Slave Narratives by author Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, Harriet Jacobs, Henry Louis Gates
The Classic Slave Narratives
Author: Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass, Mary Prince, Harriet Jacobs, Henry Louis Gates
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Publisher: Signet Classics
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780451528247 - ISBN-10: 0451528247
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Pages: 688

Book Description:
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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Jamie H. (Jamiebearz) from TALLAHASSEE, FL wrote on 4/8/2006...


I believe this is one of the best collection of slave stories I really Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, it also includes, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, The History of Mary Prince, and the most famous Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass