The slave narrative
"The autobiographies of ex-slaves in America are the foundation of an African American literary tradition, as well as unique glimpses into the souls of slaves themselves. The roughly sixty-five to seventy slave narratives published in America or England between 1760 and 1860 were windows into the nature of slavery itself; they were first-person witnesses to the will to be known and the will to write among a people so often set apart and defined out of the human family of letters. American slaves wrote their personal stories first because they were under such pressure to demonstrate their own humanity in a sea of racial prejudice. They also wrote to prove that they could be reliable truth-tellers of their own experience. And they wrote I-narratives in order to declare their own literary, psychological, and spiritual independence."
---David W. Blight
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Doulass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass lesson materials
Study Guide/Chapter Review questions
Quizlet Chapters 1-2
Quizlet Chapters 3-4
Quizlet Chapters 5-6
Quizlet Chapters 7-11
Review Jeopardy
Review Kahoot
Study Guide/Chapter Review questions
Quizlet Chapters 1-2
Quizlet Chapters 3-4
Quizlet Chapters 5-6
Quizlet Chapters 7-11
Review Jeopardy
Review Kahoot
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl