Between 1760 and 1902, more than 200 book-length autobiographies of ex-slaves were published; together they form the basis for all subsequent African American literature.
I Was Born a Slave collects the 20 most significant slave narratives.
They describe whippings, torture, starvation, resistance, and hairbreadth escapes; slave auctions, kidnappings, and murders; sexual abuse, religious confusion, the struggle of learning to read and write; and the triumphs and difficulties of life a.
Lawrence Hill Books I was born a slave: an anthology of classic slave narratives: 1849-1866, paperback/yuval taylor
