Definition of a slave narrative

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What is a slave narrative?

Definition of a slave narrative

"In the period between 1830 and 1860, as a part of the abolition movement in America, anumber of autobiographical accounts of slavery by escaped slaves were published. The best of these slave narratives was 'A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave.'"

   

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