Understanding 19th-century slave narratives
By: Sterling Lecater Bland Jr., editor
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781440844638; 9781440844645
Subjects: Freedmen; Slavery; Sources; Fugitive slaves; Slaves; Social conditions; Slaves' writings, American; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bearing witness: the fugitive slave narrative and its traditions; title: Nat Turner (1800-1831): The confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Va.; title: Lunsford Lane (1803-?): The narrative of Lunsford Lane, formerly of Raleigh, N.C.; title: William Wells Brown: Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugitive slave, written by himself (1847?); title: Henry "Box" Brown: narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide; written from a Statement of facts made by himself, with remarks upon the remedy for slavery by Charles Stearns; title: James W.C. Pennington: the fugitive blacksmith; or, Events in the history of James W.C. Pennington, pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, formerly a slave in the state of Maryland, United States; title: William and Ellen Craft: running a thousand miles for freedom; or, The escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery.