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Slave Narratives: Home

A Gumberg Library Research Guide

Portrait of Frederick Douglass

Photo portrait of Frederick Douglass

This research guide will connect you to reference works, print books and ebooks, databases for articles, and other information sources on the genre of the African-American slave narrative and some of the genre's most important writers.

Reference Works

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Journals

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Find Articles

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Find Dissertations

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"Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives" (An HBO Documentary)

 "Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives" (An HBO Documentary)


From the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time"

 episode of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time" on Frederick Douglass


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