The Life of a Slave Girl

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This edition brings to you the most powerful voices of women who survived slavery in 18th and 19th century. Their life stories, their actions and their truth had an impact on the expansion of anti-slavery movement in the Northern States of America and British Empire and the subsequent abolition of slavery. Today, in our "modern" society, there are over 30 million girls and women who are victims of slavery. Some of the survivors are trying to fight with their voices. However, in this era - everybody is listening, but sadly nobody is reacting. This collection includes: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave The History of Mary Prince Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave& Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley) A Slave Girl's Story (Kate Drumgoold) From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom (Lucy A. Delaney) Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Margaretta Matilda Odell) Twice Sold, Twice Ransomed (Emma and Lloyd Ray) Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days (Annie L. Burton) Aunt Dice: The Story of a Faithful Slave (Nina Hill Robinson) Autobiography of a Female Slave (Martha Griffith Browne)

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Frank Keim:Der Autor, Jg. 1956, ist ein deutscher Autodidakt der Kunst- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Er hat zahlreiche Bücher und Aufsätze zur italienischen und deutschen Renaissance verfasst.

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