Slave Narratives
Written by slaves or by sympathetic white proxies, slave narratives offer
vivid accounts of journeys, survival and endurance. Approximately 6,000
slave narratives were published in 250 years, but none were more popular
than those published during the antebellum period. 12% of all slave narratives
were written by women, whose stories attested to sexual exploitation and
forced separation from their children. Giving a voice to the voiceless,
slave narratives became the cornerstone of modern-day African American
autobiography.
- Separation
- Slave Narratives
- Life of Job
- Peter Still
- Solomon Northup
- Thomas Smallwood
- Austin Steward
- Louisa Picquet
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