The New Slave Narrative: The Battle Over Representations of Contemporary Slavery

by Laura Murphy

Book Overview

A century and a half after the abolition of slavery in the United States, survivors of contemporary forms of enslavement from around the world have revived a powerful tool of the abolitionist movement: first-person narratives of slavery and freedom. Just as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and others used autobiographical testimonies in the fight to eradicate slavery, today's new slave narrators play a crucial role in shaping an antislavery...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231188250
• ISBN13: 9780231188258
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"