Publication

1988-05-01 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100252060334
  • ISBN-139780252060335
  • LibraryThing2027484
  • Goodreads3038440
  • Library of Congress Control Number85008668
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCE185.96 .A57 1988

Description

Discusses the writings of Richard Allen, Solomon Bayley, Henry Bibb, Henry Box Brown, John Brown, Leonard Black, William Wells Brown, Lewis Clarke, William Craft, Frederick Douglass, Martin R. Delany, Olaudah Equiano, Moses Grandy, Jacob D. Green, William Grimes, James A.U. Gronniosaw, Briton Hammon, Josiah Henson, Harriet Jacobs, John Jea, Lunsford Lane, Jarena Lee, John Marrant, Solomon Northrup, James W. Pennington, James Robert, Moses Roper, Venture Smith, Austin Steward, Nat Turner, Samuel R. Ward, Booker T. Washington, James Watkins, George White, James Williams, and others.

First Sentence

Whatever else it is, autobiography stems more often than not from a need to explain and justify the self.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • To Tell a Free StoryPaperbackUniversity of Illinois Press1988-05-01

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