The House of Bondage : or Charlotte Brooks and Other Slaves Hardback
by Octavia V. Rogers Albert
Part of the The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers series
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Setting out to correct the inadequacies of many written accounts of slavery, teacher and social activist Octavia Albert added her own incisive commentary to the personal narratives of former slaves.
Her early interviews, like many antebellum slave narratives, depict cruel punishments, divided families, and debilitating labour.
Seeing herself as a public advocate for social change, Albert called for every Christian's personal acceptance of responsibility for slavery's legacies and lessons.
As well as its historical value, the book has many merits as a work of literature, using dialogue and experiments with dialect, and incorporating songs and poems in the text.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 1 black and white drawing
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/07/1988
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- ISBN:9780195052633
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, 1 black and white drawing
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:28/07/1988
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- ISBN:9780195052633
