Robert A. Gibson
All of the slave narratives and slave narrative anthologies listed in the teacher bibliography are also recommended for student use. The following additional material is also recommended for students:
Bayliss, John F.
Black Slave Narratives.
New York: The McMillan Co., 1970.
A collection of selections from eighteenth and nineteenth century slave narratives.
Blassingame, John W.
The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
An excellent analysis of slavery and plantation life based on slave narratives, white autobiographies, and plantation documents.
Chapman, Abraham, ed.
Steal Away: Slaves Tell Their Own Stories
. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1973.
A collection of selections from nineteenth century slave narratives.
Lester, Julius, ed.
To Be A Slave
. New York: Dial Press, 1974.
A very brief but insightful selection of portions of nineteenth century and WPA slave narratives with commentary by the editor.
