LITERATURE QUESTIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Captivity narratives.
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Abolitionist newspaper accounts.
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Folktales.
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African mythology.
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Detailed explanation-1: -slave narrative, an account of the life, or a major portion of the life, of a fugitive or former slave, either written or orally related by the slave personally.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most influential slave narratives of the antebellum era were designed to enlighten white readers about both the realities of slavery as an institution and the humanity of black people as individuals deserving of full human rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -Frederick Douglass, a prominent abolitionist gained widespread attention with the publication of his own slave narrative in the 1840’s. Douglass’s “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published in 1845.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement is true of slave narratives? They depict the thoughts, aspirations, and experiences of enslaved people.