Bondwoman's Narrative

Name: Bondwoman's Narrative
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ISBN: 9780446690294

ISBN-10: 0446690295

ISBN-13: 9780446690294

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Hannah Crafts, Henry Louis Gates

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When Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., saw a modest auction catalogue listing for an "Unpublished Original Manuscript," he knew he could be on the verge of a major literary find. After exhaustive research, he found that the handwritten manuscript he had purchased was the only known novel by a female African American slave and possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. The Bondwoman's Narrative tells of a self-educated young house slave who knows all too well slavery's brutal limitations, but never suspects that the freedom of her beautiful new mistress is also at risk -- or that a devastating secret will force them both to flee the South and make a desperate bid for…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 4/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.60" wide x 8.55" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface to the Trade Edition


Introduction



The Bondwoman's Narrative



Textual Annotations


Appendixes



Authentication Report




Testimony of Jane Johnson


Version 1


Version 2



John Hill Wheeler's Library Catalogue



A Note on Crafts's Literary Influences


Bibliography


Acknowledgments