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A superlative anthology, but ..., January 21, 1999
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This review is from: The Civitas Anthology Of African American Slave Narratives (Hardcover)
For a more complete collection of slave narratives, check out I WAS BORN A SLAVE, edited by Yuval Taylor. For the price of this volume, you get two paperback volumes with a total of twenty narratives: six of these seven, plus fourteen more, most of them unavailable elsewhere. Unlike this book, it is also extensively annotated.
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Should Be Required Reading!, August 16, 1999
This review is from: The Civitas Anthology Of African American Slave Narratives (Hardcover)
Powerful narratives from those who survived slavery detailing their struggles as slaves, struggles for freedom, and beginnings of establishing new lives. This book should be required reading for all high school students. Insights into human nature, perserverance, and love are all touched upon and I could not believe the strengths of these slaves just getting through life. Powerful beyond any reviewers' words.
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