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The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The bondwoman's narrative
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- Summary
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"A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr."--
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- Creator
- Gregg Hecimovich
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780062334732, 0062334735, 9780062334756
- OCLC
- on1378204875
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Beginnings -- The search -- Nat Turner, the Wheelers, and The Bondwoman's Narrative -- The revolt -- The candidates -- Childhood -- Property -- Rosea Pugh and Hannah Sr. -- The early life of Hannah Crafts -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The notebook -- Religion -- The Wheelers -- The novel -- The life and times of Eliza Morgan -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Bleak House -- The search continued -- The life and times of Jane Johnson -- The life and times of Hannah Crafts -- The life and times of Hannah Vincent
Subjects
- Crafts, Hannah.
- Crafts, Hannah. Bondwoman's narrative.
- African American women novelists -- Biography.
- Women novelists -- Biography.
- Novelists -- Biography.
- Authors, American -- Biography.
- Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
- Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
- Autobiographical fiction, American -- History and criticism.