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Subtitle: the first century of Afro-American autobiography, 1760-1865
By: William L. Andrews.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: African Americans -- Biography; Autobiography; Slaves -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Discusses the writings of Richard Allen, Solomon Bayley, Henry Bibb, Henry Box Brown, John Brown, Leonard Black, William Wells Brown, Lewis Clarke, William Craft, Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, Olaudah Equiano, Moses Grandy, Jacob D. Green, William Grimes, James A.U. Gronniosaw, Briton Hammon, Josiah Henson, Harriet Jacobs, John Jea, Lunsford Lane, Jarena Lee, John Marrant, Solomon Northrup, James W. Pennington, James Robert, Moses Roper, Venture Smith, Austin Steward, Nat Turner, Samuel R. Ward, Booker T. Washington, James Watkins, George White, James Williams, and others.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 333-347.
Includes index.