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Synopsis
An unprecedented historical and literary event, this tale written in the 1850s is the only known novel by a female African American slave, and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. A work recently uncovered by renowned scholar Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., it is story of "passing" and the adventures of a young slave as she makes her way to freedom.
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Review
THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is an extraordinary literary event. (SCOTSMAN)
Extraordinarily interesting and valuable. (THE TIMES)
Its pages are full of telling observations of the peculiar psychological effects of slavery. (SUNDAY TIMES)
Remarkable for its revelations of the day-to-day life of a house slave shortly before the Civil War outlawed such an existence. (IRISH EXAMINER)
Book Description
* The first novel ever written by a woman who had been a slave!
* An historically important literary event.
* A gripping autobiographical novel.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786244712
- ISBN 13 9780786244713
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages497
- EditorGates Henry Louis
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