Black Narratives of Slavery: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Robert J. Patterson
English | April 21st, 2026 | ISBN: 0197678378 | 176 pages | True EPUB | 6.55 MB
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction brings together a wide range of narratives of slavery across a broad historical period to understand how Black people-enslaved and not-enslaved-have experienced and imagined slavery.
It also investigates how slavery's long reach and afterlife has continued to shape Black life in the twenty-first century. By giving attention to the narratives produced during the last two hundred plus years, this volume examines American chattel slavery as a specific historical period that legally ended in 1865, and yet recognizes its impacts, effects, and significance as extending into the twenty-first century.
Slave narratives tie the life of slavery its abolition with its afterlife and the reconfigurations that followed-Black Codes, Jim Crow segregation, and many other forms of disenfranchisement. Robert J. Patterson examines so-called "traditional" slave narratives alongside writings from non-enslaved Black people in the nineteenth century, the imaginative works of twentieth century fiction, and twenty-first century cinema to create a compelling and informative introduction to the long historical arc of slavery woven into the cultural and political fabric of America.
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