TY  - BOOK
N2  - The autobiographical narratives of black ex-slaves published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constitute the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. Black slaves in the New World created a veritable "literature of escape" depicting the overwhelming horrors of human bondage. These narratives served the abolitionist movement not only as evidence of the slaves' degradation but also of their "intellectual capacity." Accordingly, this literature has elicited a wealth of analysis- and controversy- from its initial publication right up to our day. This volume charts the response to the black slave's narrative from 1750 to the present. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.
AB  - The autobiographical narratives of black ex-slaves published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries constitute the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. Black slaves in the New World created a veritable "literature of escape" depicting the overwhelming horrors of human bondage. These narratives served the abolitionist movement not only as evidence of the slaves' degradation but also of their "intellectual capacity." Accordingly, this literature has elicited a wealth of analysis- and controversy- from its initial publication right up to our day. This volume charts the response to the black slave's narrative from 1750 to the present. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.
T1  - The slave's narrative /
DA  - 1985.
CY  - Oxford [Oxfordshire] ;
CY  - New York :
AU  - Davis, Charles T.
AU  - Gates, Henry Louis,
CN  - E444
CN  - E444
PB  - Oxford University Press,
PP  - Oxford [Oxfordshire] ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - 1985.
ID  - 1388199
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Autobiography.
KW  - Esclaves
KW  - Esclavage
KW  - Esclavage
KW  - Autobiographie.
KW  - Autobiography.
KW  - Slavery.
KW  - Slaves.
KW  - Slaves
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Slaven (arbeid)
KW  - Autobiografieën.
KW  - Sklave
KW  - Autobiografische Literatur
KW  - Rezeption
KW  - Autobiografie
KW  - Geschichte (1750-1985)
SN  - 0195032764
SN  - 9780195032765
SN  - 0195032772
SN  - 9780195032772
SN  - 0195066561
SN  - 9780195066562
TI  - The slave's narrative /
ER  -