Between 1760 and 1902, more than 200 book-length autobiographies of ex-slaves were published; together they form the basis for all subsequent African American literature. I Was Born a Slave collects the 20 most significant “slave narratives.” They describe whippings, torture, starvation, resistance, and hairbreadth escapes; slave auctions, kidnappings, and murders; sexual abuse, religious confusion, the struggle of learning to read and write; and the triumphs and difficulties of life as free men and women. Many of the narratives—such as those of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs—have achieved reputations as masterpieces; but some of the lesser-known narratives are equally brilliant. This unprecedented anthology presents them unabridged, providing each one with helpful introductions and annotations, to form the most comprehensive volume ever assembled on the lives and writings of the slaves. Volume Two (1849–1866) includes the narratives of Henry Bibb, James W. C. Pennington, Solomon Northup, John Brown, John Thompson, William and Ellen Craft, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Jacob D. Green, James Mars, and William Parker.
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Yuval Taylor is the coauthor of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music and the editor of Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves.
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An anthology every American should read. In doing so, one is intimately reminded of one of the worst 300 hundred years of American History; a reminder that is essential if we are to come to grips with today, to understand the roots of racism, how prejudice is part of our everyday culture and what still needs to be done to assure that everyone, ultimately, will be treated equally.
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HENRY BIBB (1815-54) ran away from slavery at least half a dozen times, but every time he gained his freedom, he returned to the South to try to rescue his wife and child. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annexed memorial, scraping cotton, chattel principle, steamboat passage, movable bottom, hopeless bondage, water furrow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bayou Boeuf, United States, John Brown, Solomon Northup, New Orleans, John Glasgow, Pine Woods, State of New-York, Henry Bibb, Sandy Hill, Master Epps, Aunt Phebe, South Carolina, Edwin Epps, Mintus Northup, Fort Edward, William Ford, Big Cane, James Davis, Peter Tanner, Thomas Stevens, Anne Northup, Deacon Whitfield, Frederick Douglass New!
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HENRY BIBB (1815-54) ran away from slavery at least half a dozen times, but every time he gained his freedom, he returned to the South to try to rescue his wife and child. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
annexed memorial, scraping cotton, chattel principle, steamboat passage, movable bottom, hopeless bondage, water furrow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bayou Boeuf, United States, John Brown, Solomon Northup, New Orleans, John Glasgow, Pine Woods, State of New-York, Henry Bibb, Sandy Hill, Master Epps, Aunt Phebe, South Carolina, Edwin Epps, Mintus Northup, Fort Edward, William Ford, Big Cane, James Davis, Peter Tanner, Thomas Stevens, Anne Northup, Deacon Whitfield, Frederick Douglass New!
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- The Slave's Narrative by Charles T. Davis on 7 pages
- My Bondage and My Freedom (Penguin Classics) by Frederick Douglass on 5 pages
- To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865 by William L. Andrews on 5 pages
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe on 4 pages
- Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe on page 160, page 316, and Back Matter
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