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9781556523328

I Was Born a Slave An Anthology of Classic Slave Narratives: 1849-1866

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  • ISBN13:

    9781556523328

  • ISBN10:

    1556523327

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-03-01
  • Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

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Summary

This volume includes astonishing tales of heroic slaves. One, born free, was kidnapped and enslaved for twelve years; one was experimented upon by a doctor to see how deep his black skin went; one disguised herself as a male slave-owner; one hid herself from a lustful master in a crawlspace for seven years; one delighted in playing cruel practical jokes; one went whaling to avoid being recaptured; and one led an armed posse to battle would be kidnappers.

Author Biography

Yuval Taylor is the coauthor of Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music and the editor of Growing Up in Slavery: Stories of Young Slaves as Told by Themselves.

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