American Literature / Unit 9 AML 0802 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Slave Narrative as a Genre
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The idea
The slave narrative tells of birth into bondage, a dawning understanding of what slavery is, an act of resistance, an escape, and a new name in freedom. It usually carries prefaces by white supporters vouching for its truth, which is itself part of the argument the book has to make.
In practice
Bondage, awakening, resistance, escape, renaming.
Where people slip
The authenticating preface answers an expected doubt.
Your place on the trail
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