| Description |
xl, 391 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Religion and the pure principles of morality, the sure foundation on which we must build / Maria W. Steward -- The life and religious experience of Jarena Lee, a coloured lady, giving an account of her call to preach the gospel / Jarena Lee -- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a northern slave / Sojourner Truth -- "The two offers" / Frances Ellen Watkins Harper -- Our nig; or, sketches from the life of a free black, in a two-story white house, North / Harriet E. Wilson -- Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet A. Jacobs -- "Life on the sea islands" / Charlotte L. Forten. |
| Subject |
American prose literature -- African American authors.
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American prose literature -- Women authors.
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African American women -- Biography.
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Autobiographies -- United States.
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Autobiographies -- Women authors.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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| Added Author |
Andrews, William L., 1946-
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| ISBN |
0195141342 |
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0195141350 (pbk.) : $24.95 |
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