Witnessing Slavery: The Development of Ante-bellum Slave NarrativesUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1994 - 194 pages Frances Foster's classic study of pre-Civil War American slave autobiography is now issued in an accessible paperback edition. The first book to represent these slave narratives as literary in the complete sense of the word, and the first study to call attention to the significance of gender in the narratives, Witnessing Slavery will be welcomed by both general readers and students of the American south, slavery, the Civil War, and race issues. |
Contents
Slave Narratives and Their Cultural Matrix | 3 |
Blacks in Colonial Literature | 24 |
The Development of Slave Narratives | 44 |
Social and Literary Influences upon Antebellum | 62 |
The Plot of Antebellum Slave Narratives | 82 |
Racial Myths in Slave Narratives | 127 |
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