Witnessing slavery
Subtitle: the development of ante-bellum slave narratives
By: Frances Smith Foster.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Wisconsin studies in American autobiography
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: American prose literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Slaves' writings, American -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- 19th century.; Slaves -- United States -- Intellectual life.; Autobiography -- African American authors.; African Americans in literature.; Slavery in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-187) and index.
Originally published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1979. With new introd., chapter, and supplementary bibliography.