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The Classic Slave Narratives

by Frederick Douglass, Olaudah Equiano, Harriet Jacobs, Mary Prince · 1987

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No group of slaves anywhere, in any era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage as African-American slaves. Here are four of the most notable narratives: The Life of Olaudah Equiano; The History of Mary Prince; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass;and Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl.

Subject
historybiographymemoir
Genre
American Civil Warhistorical fiction
Themes
African AmericanslaveryAmerican historysocial justicehistory
Setting
civil warAfrica
Audience
childrens
Length
epic · 688 pages
Form
short storiesessays

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