Great slave narratives / Selected and introduced by Arna Bontemps.

Author/creator Bontemps, Arna
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Beacon Press, [1969]
Descriptionxix, 331 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents The slave narrative; an American genre, by A. Bontemps.--The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself.--The fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W. C. Pennington, pastor of a Presbyterian church, New York, formerly a slave in the State of Maryland.--Running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.
Abstract Three selected narratives exemplify an interesting, sometimes little-known area of American Negro history and writing.
Local noteLittle-310317--305131027200O
Issued in other formOnline version: Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Great slave narratives. Boston, Beacon Press [1969]
Issued in other formOnline version: Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973. Great slave narratives. Boston, Beacon Press [1969]
LCCN 77084792

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E444 .B67 1969 ✔ Available Place Hold