The story of a slave
Subtitle: a realistic revelation of a social relation of slave times, hitherto unwritten, from the pen of one who has felt both the lash and the caress of a mistress
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Fiction; Slaves; Sexual behavior; Slaveholders; Slavery; Plantation life
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Description: Fictionalized slave narrative detailing the life of a slave named Paul, centering around his love affair with his young mistress.  The narrative is written in the first-person and is introduced by a brief preface by the publisher condemning slavery.  The story begins with a short overview of Paul's lineage and childhood, and ends with the death of his mistress.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed on August 7th, 2003)

Fictionalized slave narrative, written by Charles Chandler? Poem on p. 4 signed: Paul Hamilton Hayne.

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University Libraries provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

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Transcribed from: The story of a slave : a realistic revelation of a social relation of slave times, hitherto unwritten, from the pen of one who has felt both the lash and the caress of a mistress. [Chicago] : Wesley, Elmore & Benson, c1894. vi, 214 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Published for the trade.

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