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North American Slave Narratives
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
This site offers more than 250 memoirs, autobiographies, and narratives from individuals who were slaves. An African king who was sold into slavery, the dress maker for Mary Todd Lincoln, the servant of Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, and the nurse of George Washington are included, as are stories of Sojourner Truth, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, and others. These firsthand accounts describe the conditions and sufferings of slaves and a number of escapes to freedom.
- Subject:
- Humanities, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary
- Collection:
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill