Andrews, William L.

To Tell a Free Story – The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865.

Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 353 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: Voices of the First Fifty Years, 1760-1810 / The Performance of Slave Narrative in the 1840’s / Culmination of a Century: The Autobiographies of J.D. Green, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs / “Free at Last”: From Discourse to Dialogue in the Novelized Autobiography etc.

• Keywords: 18th Century · 19th Century · Afro-Amerian History · Afro-Americans · American Culture · American History · Autobiography · Douglass, Frederick · Green, J.D. · Jacobs, Harriet · Slave Narrative · Slavery · Slavery in the United States
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252012224
• Inventory Number: 200000AB

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