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When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, the book is a provocative literary landmark. It provides a window into the psychology and perspective of a slave woman.
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The Bondwoman's Narrative, Hannah Crafts, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2002
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- The Bondwoman's Narrative
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Hannah Crafts, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Verlag
- Virago Press Ltd
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2002
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 400
- ISBN10
- 1860490131
- ISBN13
- 9781860490132
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Gotik, Afroamerikanische Literatur
- Bewertung
- 3,9 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, the book is a provocative literary landmark. It provides a window into the psychology and perspective of a slave woman.