Six Women's Slave Narratives

Written by six black women, these stories embody most of the predominant themes and narrative forms found in African-American women's autobiographies from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ^IThe History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave^R (1831), the first female slave narrative from [...]
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Written by six black women, these stories embody most of the predominant themes and narrative forms found in African-American women's autobiographies from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ^IThe History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave^R (1831), the first female slave narrative from the Americas, recounts one woman's suffering and courage in the pursuit of freedom. ^IThe Story of Mattie J. Jackson^R (1866) not only tells of a quest for personal freedom, but also concludes wit