Slaves were not permitted to learn to read and write. Many risked their lives to record the narratives of their experiences as slaves. See why these narratives were so important to the anti-slavery movement. Find links to documents and descriptions of many of these narratives.

Concepts

slave narratives

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Additional Tags

austin steward, cornell university library:, in their own words: slave narratives, louisa picquet, peter still, solomon northup, thomas smallwood

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)