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Page iii Slave Narratives Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano The Confessions of Nat Turner Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of William W. Brown Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb Narrative of Sojourner Truth Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green

Page iv Volume compilation, notes, and chronology copyright 2000 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced commercially by offset-lithographic or equivalent copying devices without the permission of the publisher. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984. Distributed to the trade in the United States by Penguin Putnam Inc. and in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Ltd. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 99-40360 For cataloging information, see end of Notes. ISBN 1-883011-76-0 First Printing The Library of America114 Manufactured in the United States of America

Page v William L. Andrews and Henry Louis Gates Jr. Selected the Contents and Wrote the Notes For this volume

Page vii Slave Narratives is kept in print by a gift from THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY and THE GILDER FOUNDATION to the Guardians of American Letters Fund, established by The Library of America to ensure that every volume in the series will be permanently available.

Page ix CONTENTS James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by Himself (1772) 1 Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself (1789) 35 Nat Turner The Confessions of Nat Turner, the Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Va. As fully and voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray, in the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by him to be such when read before the Court of Southampton; with the certificate, under seal of the Court convened at Jerusalem, Nov. 5, 1831, for his trial. Also an authentic account of the whole insurrection, with lists of the whites who were murdered, and of the Negroes brought before the Court of Southampton, and there sentenced, &c. (1831) 243 Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself (1845) 267 William Wells Brown Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself (1847) 369 Henry Bibb Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself. With an Introduction by Lucius C. Matlack (1849) 425

Page x Sojourner Truth Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828. With a Portrait (1850) 567 William and Ellen Craft Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery (1860) 677 Harriet Ann Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself. Edited by L. Maria Child (1861)

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