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Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown
By Brown, Henry Phelps
- ISBN
- 978-0-19514-853-4
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2002
Narratives recorded by fugitive slaves in the antebellum South or former slaves after the Civil War were promoted by abolitionists and sold at antislavery meetings. This genre documented the harsh reality of slavery, the desire for personal and economic freedom, and the relationships between blacks and whites. Well known among African American scholars (the manuscript was first published in 1849), Brown's story was brought to the publisher's attention by Newman (W.E.B. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
