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: 365
ISBN-13: 9780446690294
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.
Other titles: AS Social Issues Resource Center Collection.; Associated Students Collections.
Description: Tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a young slave working on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, who runs away in a bid for freedom up North. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-362).

Property of Associated Students. This item may be checked out from the AS Social Issues Resource Center, VU 512.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the trade edition; title: Introduction; title: Henry Louis Gates, Jr; title: Bondwoman's narrative; title: Hannah Crafts; title: Textual annotations; title: Appendixes; title: Authentication report; title: Dr. Joe Nickell; title: Testimony of Jane Johnson; title: Version 1; title: Version 2; title: C. John Hill Wheeler's library catalogue; title: Bryan C. Sinch; title: Note on crafts's literary influences; title: Bibliography; title: Acknowledgments.