The Bondwoman's Narrative (VMC) - Softcover

Crafts, Hannah

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9781860490132: The Bondwoman's Narrative (VMC)

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ISBN 10: 1860490131 ISBN 13: 9781860490132

Publisher: Virago, 2002

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When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical even that will captivate a diverse audience. It provides a window into the psychology and perspective of a slave woman.

David Brion Davis, a Yale professor and historican of slavery, said, 'We have relatively few authentic slave narratives, and certainly a novel written by a black woman and former slave is almost sensational.

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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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