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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... slavery from the so-called ''land of the free.'' The four North Carolina slave narratives reprinted in this book played key roles in building national, indeed international, indignation against the evils of slavery. The narratives of ...
... slavery from the so-called ''land of the free.'' The four North Carolina slave narratives reprinted in this book played key roles in building national, indeed international, indignation against the evils of slavery. The narratives of ...
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... slave took with him in the spring of 1841 when he left Raleigh in search of a new home for himself and his family in New York? Nowhere in his narrative does Lane mention Horton, or David Walker for that matter, nor do the narratives of ...
... slave took with him in the spring of 1841 when he left Raleigh in search of a new home for himself and his family in New York? Nowhere in his narrative does Lane mention Horton, or David Walker for that matter, nor do the narratives of ...
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... slave much more civilized than his master. In this Roper anticipates a rhetorical reversal discernible in more famous slave narratives of the 1840s, in which fugitive slaves are portrayed as highminded and heroic while their masters ...
... slave much more civilized than his master. In this Roper anticipates a rhetorical reversal discernible in more famous slave narratives of the 1840s, in which fugitive slaves are portrayed as highminded and heroic while their masters ...
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... Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery was the prototype for the classic American slave narratives of the 1840s as authored by internationally renowned fugitives such as Frederick Douglass, William ...
... Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery was the prototype for the classic American slave narratives of the 1840s as authored by internationally renowned fugitives such as Frederick Douglass, William ...
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... Narrative of Lunsford Lane is, essentially, a success story, although the successes Lane earned for himself as a slave came at an increasingly higher price as he progressed steadily toward freedom. Lane was born in Raleigh in 1803 to ...
... Narrative of Lunsford Lane is, essentially, a success story, although the successes Lane earned for himself as a slave came at an increasingly higher price as he progressed steadily toward freedom. Lane was born in Raleigh in 1803 to ...
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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