The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts
* The first novel ever written by a woman who had been a slave! * An historically important literary event. * A gripping autobiographical novel.
THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is an extraordinary literary event* SCOTSMAN *
Extraordinarily interesting and valuable. * THE TIMES *
Its pages are full of telling observations of the peculiar psychological effects of slavery. * SUNDAY TIMES *
Remarkable for its revelations of the day-to-day life of a house slave shortly before the Civil War outlawed such an existence. * IRISH EXAMINER *
Extraordinarily interesting and valuable. * THE TIMES *
Its pages are full of telling observations of the peculiar psychological effects of slavery. * SUNDAY TIMES *
Remarkable for its revelations of the day-to-day life of a house slave shortly before the Civil War outlawed such an existence. * IRISH EXAMINER *
Hannah Crafts may be a pseudonym for the female slave who wrote this novel in the United States in the mid-19th century. Editor Henry Louis Gates Jr, one of the US's leading African-American academics, bought and authenticated the MS. He lives in Massachusetts.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860490132 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860490131 |
| Title | The Bondwoman's Narrative |
| Author | Hannah Crafts |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-05-23 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |