Through the Eyes of a Slave - Written Accounts of American Slavery

¿Through the Eyes of a Slave¿ contains a carefully-selected collection of famous, influential and moving American slave narratives from a variety of authors including Solomon Northup's ¿Twelve Years a Slave¿, which was adapted into the 2013 blockbuster film of the same name. These compelling, inspirational, and often harrowing real-life stories offer a unique insight into the travails of slave life in nineteenth-century America, and are highly recommended for those with an interest in this dark chapter of American history. Contents include: ¿Thirty Years a Slave, by Louis Hughes¿, ¿Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass¿, ¿Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup¿, ¿Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William Craft and Ellen Craft¿, and ¿Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman, by Austin Steward¿. Read & Co. History is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic memoirs now for the enjoyment of a new generation of readers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: VARIOUS
• Verlag: Read & Co. History
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781528718059
• ISBN: 978-1-5287-1805-9
• Seiten: 756
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 44 mm
• Gewicht: 1048 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika