Only by experience : an anthology of slave narratives / general editors, The Broadview anthology of American literature: Derrick R. Spires, Cornell University [and eleven others].
| Other author | Spires, Derrick Ramon, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2023] |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 686 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | A Broadview anthology of American literature edition |
| Contents | Timeline: Transatlantic Slavery and Black Writing in English, 1444-1865 -- A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself / James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw -- A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon, A Negro Man / Briton Hammon -- from The Blind African Slave, or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace / Boyrereau Brinch -- A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa / Venture Smith -- from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African / Written by Himself -- The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave, Related by Herself / Mary Prince -- An Account of the Life of Mr. David George, from Sierra Leone in Africa / David George -- from Twelve Years a Slave / Solomon Northrup -- from The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave / Sojourner Truth -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself / Harriet Jacobs -- from The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. William Johnson ; Harriet Tubman ; John W. Lindsey ; from William Grose ; from William A. Hall -- from The Narrative of the Life and Escape of William Wells Brown / William Wells Brown -- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself ; from My Bondage and My Freedom ; from Life and Times of Frederick Douglass / Frederick Douglass -- from Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom / William and Ellen Craft -- Maps. |
| Abstract | "The historical and literary importance that slave narratives--the autobiographical accounts written by formerly enslaved people in the United States and throughout the Atlantic world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--wielded in their own time and continue to wield in ours is difficult to overstate. Popular and widely read on both sides of the Atlantic, slave narratives played an indispensable role in the campaigns against slavery in Britain and the United States and in the development of a black literary tradition, and they continue to be widely read and to shape popular understandings and memories of slavery today. Only by Experience: An Anthology of Slave Narratives collects, in whole or in part, sixteen of the most significant and influential slave narratives in English. Based on material from the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of British Literature and Broadview Anthology of American Literature, the anthology includes works from the British Empire as well as the United States and puts classic examples of the slave narrative genre in conversation with works that raise questions about how the genre is defined. The anthology also features thorough headnotes and annotations for each work, as well as detailed contextual materials for many of the works included."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Only by experience. Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2023 1770489096 9781770489097 |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Slave narratives. |
| Genre/form | Slave narratives. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
| ISBN | 9781554816415 |
| ISBN | 1554816416 (softcover) |
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