After remaining unpublished and largely unnoticed since 1857, The Bondswoman's Narrative has now been authenticated as the real thing – an autobiographical account of a woman who fled slavery. As such, it is not only the earliest known novel by a female black slave but probably the earliest novel by a black woman anywhere. ...
I definitely want to see this. (AOL Time Warner is publishing? What on earth...) It looks like it would be fascinating.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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12/18/2001: shame on winn dixie, indeed
12/18/2001: saudi princess
12/17/2001: new resolve
12/17/2001: a victim of the attack ... yeah, right
12/17/2001: polluters ho!