Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Six Women's Slave Narratives (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers)

Six Women's Slave Narratives (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers)
Six Women's Slave Narratives - Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers
Author: William L. Andrews
Written by six black women, these stories embody most of the predominant themes and narrative forms found in African-American women's autobiographies from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ^IThe History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave^R (1831), the first female slave narrative from the Americas, recounts one woman's suffering an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195060836
ISBN-10: 0195060830
Publication Date: 12/14/1989
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
 4

3.4 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review

Top Member Book Reviews

Madelene avatar reviewed Six Women's Slave Narratives (Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers) on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A great source of history of slaves and the hardships they endured. Can get tedious in the way it is written in you have to plow through the authors opinions to get to the actual slave narratives. But overall a good book would suggest for a book report.
Read All 2 Book Reviews of "Six Womens Slave Narratives Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women Writers"


Genres: