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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... plantation marketed by early defenders of slavery.The Narrative of Lunsford Lane reaffirmed Roper's descriptions of the plight of rural bondmen while showing how even the most favored of slaves—those who livedinurbancenters ...
... plantation marketed by early defenders of slavery.The Narrative of Lunsford Lane reaffirmed Roper's descriptions of the plight of rural bondmen while showing how even the most favored of slaves—those who livedinurbancenters ...
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... plantations outside the city. Because his mother was a house servant in Raleigh, her son never joined the rank-and-file who worked on his master's plantations. By the time he was a teenager, Lunsford had been installed in the relatively ...
... plantations outside the city. Because his mother was a house servant in Raleigh, her son never joined the rank-and-file who worked on his master's plantations. By the time he was a teenager, Lunsford had been installed in the relatively ...
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... Plantation Days ([Hamilton, Ontario]: s.n., [1902?]); Morgan L. Latta, The History of My Life and Work: Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D. (Raleigh, N.C.: the Author, 1903); and William H. Robinson, From Log Cabin to the ...
... Plantation Days ([Hamilton, Ontario]: s.n., [1902?]); Morgan L. Latta, The History of My Life and Work: Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta, A.M., D.D. (Raleigh, N.C.: the Author, 1903); and William H. Robinson, From Log Cabin to the ...
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... Plantation Life in the Antebellum South. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Boles, John B. Black Southerners, 1619–1869. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Bolster, W. Jeffrey. '''To Feel like a Man': Black Seamen in ...
... Plantation Life in the Antebellum South. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. Boles, John B. Black Southerners, 1619–1869. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983. Bolster, W. Jeffrey. '''To Feel like a Man': Black Seamen in ...
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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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