The Bondwoman's Narrative
A novel written in the 1850s by a runaway slave follows a young slave from a North Carolina plantation as she flees to the North and, after being pursued by slave hunters and forced to serve a difficult new mistress, finally obtains freedom in New Jersey.
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Written in the 1850s by a runaway slave, this historically significant and riveting novel follows a young slave on an affluent North Carolina plantation as she flees to the North to fight for her freedom, and, after being pursued by slave hunters, ensnared by a brutal captor, and forced to serve a difficult new mistress, finally obtains freedom in New Jersey. 200,000 first printing.
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