The classic slave narratives

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Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George Washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves had written what are called slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude.

subjects: Slave narratives,  Race relations,  Slaves,  Social conditions,  Slaves' writings, American,  African Americans,  Biography,  History,  African americans, history, to 1863,  Slaves, united states,  United states, race relations,  United states, social conditions,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery

People: Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797),  Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897),  Frederick Douglass (1818-1895),  Mary Prince

Places: United States

Times: To 1863