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the first century of Afro-American autobiography, 1769-1865
By Andrews, William L.
- ISBN
- 978-0-25201-222-8
- Publisher
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1986.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 1986
Andrews describes and analyzes many autobiographies here, but his primary focus is on "slave narratives'' by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs (a.k.a. Linda Brent), and J. D. Green. He convincingly advances new ideas regarding all three: that Douglass's My Bondage and My ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
