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The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia de un Esclavo
The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia de un Esclavo
Author: Juan Francisco Manzano, Evelyn Picon Garfield (Translator)
Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's colonial slave society, wrote the only known autobiographical account of Latin American slavery. His narrative, composed in two parts, is a heart-rendering history of the systematic, unrelenting destru...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780814325377
ISBN-10: 0814325378
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 135
Edition: Bilingual Ed
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Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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