Jan 1, 2010

Uncle Tom's Cabin | What Do I Read Next?

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, Douglass's autobiography, was first published in 1845. Douglass tells of his life as a slave in the American South, the cruelty of Christian slaveholders, and how, after learning to read, he finally was able to escape to freedom.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, is the first slave narrative written by an African-American woman. Jacobs tells of the particular problems experienced by women in slavery—sexual exploitation, the separation of...