Sinopsis
This unique collection consists of the most influential memoirs - powerful & unflinching narratives of former slaves and stories of people who helped them; including records and letters which unfold all the hardship, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts to reach freedom:_x000D_ Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Freedom Fighter & Statesman_x000D_ 12 Years a Slave - Memoir of Solomon Northup, a Free-Born African American Who Was Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery_x000D_ The Underground Railroad (William Still) - stories of 649 slaves who escaped to freedom through a secret network formed by abolitionists and former slaves _x000D_ Harriet: The Moses of Her People – Story of the Woman Who Led Hundreds of Slaves to Freedom as the Conductor on the Underground Railroad_x000D_ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)_x000D_ Narrative of Sojourner Truth - leading abolitionist and womens rights activist_x000D_ The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Former Slave, Seaman & Freedom Fighter_x000D_ Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington - the Visionary Educator, Leader and Civil Rights Activist_x000D_ The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave – Memoir that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies_x000D_ Father Hensons Story of His Own Life – by Josiah Henson who was the inspiration for the character of Tom in Uncle Toms Cabin_x000D_ Uncle Toms Cabin, anti-slavery influential novel which made a crucial impact on Americas conscience by illustrating slaverys affect on families _x000D_ The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! _x000D_ The Confessions of Nat Turner _x000D_ The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave - Autobiography that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies_x000D_ Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft)_x000D_ Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes) _x000D_ Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green)_x000D_ Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)_x000D_ _x000D_
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