02224cam a2200409 4500 469476901 TxAuBib 20201230120000.0 030417t20032002||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780446690294 pbk. 0446690295 pbk. (OCoLC)52082864 TxAuBib Crafts, Hannah. The bondwoman's narrative [BOOK] / Hannah Crafts ; edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Book Club) Bondwoman's narrative. 1st trade ed. New York : Warner Books, 2003. ©2002. xcii, 365 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. Originally published in hardcover in 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-362.) Preface to the trade edition -- Introduction -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr -- Bondwoman's narrative -- Hannah Crafts -- Textual annotations -- Appendixes -- Authentication report -- Dr. Joe Nickell -- Testimony of Jane Johnson -- Version 1 -- Version 2 -- C. John Hill Wheeler's library catalogue -- Bryan C. Sinch -- Note on crafts's literary influences -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments. Tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a young slave working on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, who runs away in a bid for freedom up North. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate a diverse audience. 20201230. African American women Fiction. Plantation owners' spouses Fiction. Women North Carolina Fiction. Multiracial people Fiction. Passing (Identity) Fiction. Plantation life Fiction. Fugitives from slavery Fiction. Women slaves Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Virginia Fiction. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr, 1950-