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The Classic Slave Narratives Mass market paperback - 2012
by Henry Louis Gates (Editor); Introduction by Henry Louis Gates
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Gates presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of "The Life of Olaudah Equiano," the last edition corrected and published in his lifetime. The collection includes "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," as well as two narratives by women. This edition also features an updated Introduction by Gates. Revised reissue.
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- Title The Classic Slave Narratives
- Binding Mass Market Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 688
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, U.S.A.
- Date 2012
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0451532139I5N10
- ISBN 9780451532138 / 0451532139
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.5 in (16.51 x 10.67 x 3.81 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, United States - Race relations
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, the last edition corrected and published in his lifetime. The collection also includes perhaps the best known and most widely read slave narrative--Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as well as two narratives by women: The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, and Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by Harriet Jacobs as Linda Brent. This edition also features an updated introduction by Professor Gates.