The bondwoman's narrative
By: Hannah Crafts ; edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Contributors: Gates, Henry Louis.
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: African American women -- Fiction.; Plantation owners' spouses -- Fiction.; Women -- North Carolina -- Fiction.; Women -- Virginia -- Fiction.; Racially mixed people -- Fiction.; Passing (Identity) -- Fiction.; Plantation life -- Fiction.; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.; Women slaves -- Fiction.; North Carolina -- Fiction.; Virginia -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "An unprecedented historical and literary event, this tale written in the 1850s is the only known novel by a female African American slave, and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. A work recently uncovered by renowned scholar Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., it is story of "passing" and the adventures of a young slave as she makes her way to freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336).