H. Mattison. Louisa Picquet, the Octroon, or, Inside Views of Southern
Domestic Life. New York : The author, 1861.
In Their Own Words: Slave
Narratives
Written in a question and answer format, this female slave narrative reveals
the complexities of miscegenation, the constant threat of rape, and the
moral conflict of bearing children and being forced to live outside the
bounds of marriage.
Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection.
- Separation
- Slave Narratives
- Life of Job
- Peter Still
- Solomon Northup
- Thomas Smallwood
- Austin Steward
- Louisa Picquet
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