The Classic Slave Narratives

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of The Life of Olaudah Equiano , the last edition corrected and published in his lifetime. The collection also includes perhaps the best known and most widely read slave narrative-- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass , as well as two narratives by women: The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave , and Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl , written by Harriet Jacobs as Linda Brent. This edition also features an updated introduction by Professor Gates.