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The Classic Slave Narratives by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Publisher Comments Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, the last edition corrected and published in his lifetime. The collection also includes perhaps the best known and... (read more) Your price: $7.95 New - Mass Market 
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The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave: Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape by John Thompson Publisher Comments The unique narrative of a slave who fled to freedom and sailed aboard a whaling vessel. John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his... (read more) Your price: $14.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Classic Slave Narratives (Signet Classics) by Henry Louis Gates Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard by Belinda E Hurmence Publisher Comments The idea of interviewing slaves about their experiences dates to the 1760s, when abolitionists first began to publish slave narratives as a way to educate the public to the horrors of slavery. From 1929 to 1932, the social sciences department at Fisk... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass Synopsis In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Frederick Douglass published this powerful account of his life in bondage and his triumph over oppression. The book, which marked the beginning of Douglass's career as an impassioned... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts Publisher Comments The "New York Times" bestseller that is possibly the first novel written by an African-American woman is now in trade paperback. "Immensely entertaining and illuminating."--"New York Times Book Review."... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Trade Paper) by Sojourner Truth Publisher Comments Narrative of Sojourner Truth, by Sojourner Truth, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) by Norman R. (edt) Yetman Publisher Comments More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative... (read more) Your price: $2.50 New - Trade Paper
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I Belong to South Carolina: South Carolina Slave Narratives by Susanna Ashton Publisher Comments Rare firsthand accounts of slavery from across the Palmetto State collected together for the first... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E Wilson Publisher Comments This seminal autobiographical tale, believed to have been the first published by an African-American woman, describes the life and struggles of an orphaned mulatto. Part slave narrative and part sentimental novel, it recounts the heroine's exploitation... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Surprises around the Bend: 50 Adventurous Walkers by Richard A. Hasler Publisher Comments Many of the most creative men and women in history have been ardent walkers, says Richard Hasler, and many of those same people affirm that a particular walk was a serendipitous experience, resulting in personal transformation.Surprises around the Bend... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $10.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Our Nig: Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E Wilson Publisher Comments Our Nig is the tale of a mixed-race girl, Frado, abandoned by her white mother after the death of the childs black father. Frado becomes the servant of the Bellmonts, a lower-middle- class white family in the free North, while slavery is still legal in... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Penguin American Library) by Frederick Douglass Publisher Comments Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass's shocking... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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I Was Born a Slave Volume 2 1849 1866 by Yuval Taylor Publisher Comments 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.”... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Classic African American Women's Narratives (Schomburg Library of Black Women Writers) by William L Andrews Publisher Comments Classic African American Women's Narratives offers teachers, students, and general readers a one-volume collection of the most memorable and important prose written by African American women before 1865. The book reproduces the canon of African American... (read more) List Price $62.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano Publisher Comments An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life"; Also, a Mem (Penguin Classics) by Sojourner Truth Publisher Comments A symbol of the strength of African-American women, and a champion of the rights of all women, Sojourner Truth was an illiterate former slave in New York State who transformed herself into a vastly powerful orator. Dictating to a neighbor, she began her... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sojourner Truth Publisher Comments This inspiring memoir, first published in 1850, recounts the struggles of a distinguished African-American abolitionist and champion of women's rights. Sojourner Truth tells of her life in slavery, her self-liberation, and her travels across America in... (read more) Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sold as a Slave by Olaudah Equiano Publisher Comments In an adventurous and extraordinary life, Equiano crisscrossed the Atlantic world, from West Africa to the Caribbean to the U.S. to Britain, either as a slave or fighting with the Royal Navy. This account is not only one of the great documents of the... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Witnessing Slavery: The Development of Ante-Bellum Slave Narratives (Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography) by Frances Smit Foster Book News Annotation **** New edition of the Greenwood Press original of 1979 (which is cited in BCL3), with a new introduction, chapter, and a supplementary bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) List Price $23.75 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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