Great Slave Narratives
Great Slave Narratiaves, Introduction by Anna Bontomps, Beacon Press, Boston 1969.
These three tales of former slaves describe in thoughtful detail their experiences and personal reactions as they struggled and eventually made efforts to escape from slavery in the late 1770’s.
The tales were written in an older English, learned while the authors endured their mistreatment, their separation from families, and their fear of being caught in flight. The stories soon engage the reader as if we are personal friends eager to hear the next attempt to hide, to feel the terror of near misses, to rejoice in success large and small, and then appalled at the final threat from northern state laws favoring slave owners.
This book is an education in a shameful history not told often enough. It provides a valuable awakening to the historic depth we need in order to understand and to connect effectively to our present racial divide problems.
These three tales of former slaves describe in thoughtful detail their experiences and personal reactions as they struggled and eventually made efforts to escape from slavery in the late 1770’s.
The tales were written in an older English, learned while the authors endured their mistreatment, their separation from families, and their fear of being caught in flight. The stories soon engage the reader as if we are personal friends eager to hear the next attempt to hide, to feel the terror of near misses, to rejoice in success large and small, and then appalled at the final threat from northern state laws favoring slave owners.
This book is an education in a shameful history not told often enough. It provides a valuable awakening to the historic depth we need in order to understand and to connect effectively to our present racial divide problems.
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