I was Born a Slave: An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives
- ISBN-10
- 1556523327
- ISBN-13
- 9781556523328
- Series
- I Was Born a Slave
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 832
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Author
- Yuval Taylor
Description
Gathers twenty of the most significant slave narratives published since the Civil War
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