North Carolina Slave Narratives: The Lives of Moses Roper, Lunsford Lane, Moses Grandy, and Thomas H. JonesWilliam L. Andrews The autobiographies of former slaves contributed powerfully to the abolitionist movement in the United States, fanning national--even international--indignation against the evils of slavery. The four texts gathered here are all from North Carolina slaves and are among the most memorable and influential slave narratives published in the nineteenth century. The writings of Moses Roper (1838), Lunsford Lane (1842), Moses Grandy (1843), and the Reverend Thomas H. Jones (1854) provide a moving testament to the struggles of enslaved people to affirm their human dignity and ultimately seize their liberty. Introductions to each narrative provide biographical and historical information as well as explanatory notes. Andrews's general introduction to the collection reveals that these narratives not only helped energize the abolitionist movement but also laid the groundwork for an African American literary tradition that inspired such novelists as Toni Morrison and Charles Johnson. |
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... Wilmington KERSHAW • COUNTY Columbus • Savannah • Apalachicola O F MEXICO Eastern Seaboard, showing important locations mentioned in the Roper, Lane, Grandy, and Jones narratives general introduction William L. Andrews In the war of words.
... Wilmington KERSHAW • COUNTY Columbus • Savannah • Apalachicola O F MEXICO Eastern Seaboard, showing important locations mentioned in the Roper, Lane, Grandy, and Jones narratives general introduction William L. Andrews In the war of words.
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... Wilmington, he was born free in a seaport city where slaves outnumbered whites two to one. Wilmington and its environs were dependent on slaves' mastery of many skilled trades, including carpentry, masonry, and building design. Slaves ...
... Wilmington, he was born free in a seaport city where slaves outnumbered whites two to one. Wilmington and its environs were dependent on slaves' mastery of many skilled trades, including carpentry, masonry, and building design. Slaves ...
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... Wilmington, North Carolina, and Stowe's idealized Negro. That does not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for subsequent editions of Jones's autobiography. In 1857 a second, somewhat revised version of Jones's story came out in Worcester ...
... Wilmington, North Carolina, and Stowe's idealized Negro. That does not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for subsequent editions of Jones's autobiography. In 1857 a second, somewhat revised version of Jones's story came out in Worcester ...
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... Wilmington that sustained him through many subsequent trials and tragedies reminds us of the spiritual and psychological resources that black Christianity in the antebellum South accorded believers like Thomas Jones. Prior to 1885 ...
... Wilmington that sustained him through many subsequent trials and tragedies reminds us of the spiritual and psychological resources that black Christianity in the antebellum South accorded believers like Thomas Jones. Prior to 1885 ...
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... Wilmington, North Carolina, who became a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, has been edited by his great-grandson William B. Gould IV under the titleDiary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (Stanford ...
... Wilmington, North Carolina, who became a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War, has been edited by his great-grandson William B. Gould IV under the titleDiary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor (Stanford ...
Contents
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A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of MOSES ROPER Introduction | 23 |
Narrative | 35 |
The Narrative of LUNSFORD LANE Introduction | 79 |
Narrative | 93 |
Narrative of the Life of MOSES GRANDY Introduction | 133 |
Narrative | 153 |
The Experience of REV THOMAS H JONES Introduction | 189 |
Narrative | 203 |
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