American Captivity Narratives

American Captivity Narratives
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Publisher : Cengage Learning
Total Pages : 472
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Download or read book American Captivity Narratives written by Olaudah Equiano and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2000 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects a wide variety of works from a uniquely American literary tradition, the captivity narrative. Beginning with an excerpt from Hans Staden's The True History of His Captivity, which influenced the American captivity narrative, this volume presents accounts by early settlers held captive by Native Americans (Mary Rowlandson, John Smith), narratives by African American slaves (Olaudah Equiano, John Marrant), and others. Collected with the real-life accounts are two captivity poems by Lucy Terry and John Rolling Ridge, and several popular tales and legends on the subject.


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