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The great escapes: four slave narratives

By Brown , Henry Box;Brown , William Wells;Craft , William;Brooks , Daphne;Daphne A. Brooks

Book information

Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics, Fine Creative Media
ISBN
9781593082949, 9781411432253, 1593082940
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1382572 bytes)
Series
Barnes & Noble classics
Pages
lxvii, 328 pages ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1814?-1884;Brown-- 1815 or 1816-;CraftAfrican Americans;Slave narratives--United States;American;Biography;Biographies;Personal narrativesHenry BoxWilliam WellsWilliam;Slave narratives -- United States;Slaves -

Description

"The four former slaves represented here met only once. Yet each attained legendary stature in the anti-slavery battle--and justly so, for their escapes are among the most dramatic ever recorded"--Page 4 of cover. Narrative of William W. Brown, a fugutive slave (1848) / William Wells Brown -- Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849) / Henry Box Brown -- Narrative of the life of Henry Box Brown (1851) / Henry Box Brown -- Running a thousand miles for freedom (1860) / William Craft.

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