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ENGL 14: Introduction to Literary History and Interpretation (Tremblay-McGaw)

A guide to researching authors and the changing historical receptions and understandings of their works

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Leanna Goodwater
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Santa Clara University
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Information about Slave Narratives

FINDING INFORMATION ON SLAVE NARRATIVES

The following reference sources contain excellent articles that will give you a good understanding of slave narratives and their significance in American literature.

In addition, you can find scholarly books about slave narratives as a literary genre by doing a Subject Search in OSCAR, the library catalog, and typing the following subject headings:

"Slavery in literature"

"Slave trade in literature"

 

Finding Slave Narratives

FINDING SLAVE NARRATIVES

The library has many books that are original slave narratives.  To find them, do a Subject Search in OSCAR, the library catalog, and type the following search terms:

"Slave Narratives"

"Slaves -- Biography"

"Slaves -- United States -- Biography"

"Women slaves -- United States -- Biography"

"Slaves' Writings, American"

"Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources"

 

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