autobiography of a slave
By: by Juan Francisco Manzano ; introduction and modernized Spanish version by Ivan A. Schulman ; translated by Evelyn Picon Garfield.
Edition: Bilingual ed.
Series: Latin American literature and culture series; Latin American literature and culture.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Manzano, Juan Francisco, 1797-1854.; Slaves -- Cuba -- Biography.
Other titles: Autobiografía de un esclavo
Description: "En face bilingual edition of only extant Latin American slave narrative written during slavery era. Original Spanish punctuation, spelling, and syntax corrected and modernized by Schulman; translation is of this new version of text. Introduction, notes, chronology give extensive background. Excellent for undergraduate classroom use. Scholars may prefer original text"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.