Narrative of James Williams
Author : James Williams
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Slavery
ISBN :
Author : James Williams
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Slavery
ISBN :
Author : Hank Trent
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,6 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807151041
The American Anti-Slavery Society originally published Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave in 1838 to much fanfare, describing it as a rare slave autobiography. Soon thereafter, however, southerners challenged the authenticity of the work and the society retracted it. Abolitionists at the time were unable to defend the book; and, until now, historians could not verify Williams's identity or find the Alabama slave owners he named in the book. As a result, most scholars characterized the author as a fraud, perhaps never even a slave, or at least not under the circumstances described in the book. In this annotated edition of Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave, Hank Trent provides newly discovered biographical information about the true author of the book -- an African American man enslaved in Alabama and Virginia. Trent identifies Williams's owners in those states as well as in Maryland and Louisiana. He explains how Williams escaped from slavery and then altered his life story to throw investigators off his track. Through meticulous and extensive research, Trent also reveals unknown details of James Williams's real life, drawing upon runaway ads, court cases, census records, and estate inventories never before linked to him or to the narrative. In the end, Trent proves that the author of the book was truly an enslaved man, albeit one who wrote a romanticized, fictionalized story based on his real life, which proved even more complex and remarkable than the story he told.
Author : James Williams
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2001-07-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822326472
DIVScholarly edition of a slave narrative that tells of life as an "apprentice" under the British gradual emancipation plan./div
Author : James Williams
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Slavery
ISBN :
Author : James Williams
Publisher :
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 48,20 MB
Release : 1837
Category : History
ISBN :
This book contains the memoir of James Williams, an American slave who was for several years a driver on a cotton plantation in Alabama.
Author : Charles T. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1991-02-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0195362020
These autobiographies of Afro-American ex-slaves comprise the largest body of literature produced by slaves in human history. The book consists of three sections: selected reviews of slave narratives, dating from 1750 to 1861; essays examining how such narratives serve as historical material; and essays exploring the narratives as literary artifacts.
Author : James Williams
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 2018-05-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781718894990
Narrative of James Williams was one of the first slave narratives published.
Author : Hank Trent
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807151033
The American Anti-Slavery Society originally published Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave in 1838 to much fanfare, describing it as a rare slave autobiography. Soon thereafter, however, southerners challenged the authenticity of the work and the society retracted it. Abolitionists at the time were unable to defend the book; and, until now, historians could not verify Williams's identity or find the Alabama slave owners he named in the book. As a result, most scholars characterized the author as a fraud, perhaps never even a slave, or at least not under the circumstances described in the book. In this annotated edition of Narrative of James Williams, an American Slave, Hank Trent provides newly discovered biographical information about the true author of the book -- an African American man enslaved in Alabama and Virginia. Trent identifies Williams's owners in those states as well as in Maryland and Louisiana. He explains how Williams escaped from slavery and then altered his life story to throw investigators off his track. Through meticulous and extensive research, Trent also reveals unknown details of James Williams's real life, drawing upon runaway ads, court cases, census records, and estate inventories never before linked to him or to the narrative. In the end, Trent proves that the author of the book was truly an enslaved man, albeit one who wrote a romanticized, fictionalized story based on his real life, which proved even more complex and remarkable than the story he told.
Author : Charles L. Crow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470671874
A Companion to American Gothic features a collection of original essays that explore America’s gothic literary tradition. The largest collection of essays in the field of American Gothic Contributions from a wide variety of scholars from around the world The most complete coverage of theory, major authors, popular culture and non-print media available
Author : John Brown
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,27 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Slavery
ISBN :