{"product_id":"the-bondwomans-narrative-paperback","title":"The Bondwoman's Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah Crafts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGregg Hecimovich\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThought to be the first novel written by a Black female slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a young slave on a wealthy North Carolina plantation, runs away in a bid for her freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in New Jersey. Her compelling story provides a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in the 1850's by a runaway slave, \u003ci\u003eThe Bondswoman's Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical event that will captivate audiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes an updated preface adding additional context about the author's incredible life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. An award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored or coauthored more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eStony the Road, The Black Church, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Box\u003c\/i\u003e, and created more than twenty documentary films, including his groundbreaking genealogy series \u003ci\u003eFinding Your Roots\u003c\/i\u003e. His six-part PBS documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, earned an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an NAACP Image Award. This series and his PBS documentary series \u003ci\u003eReconstruction: America after the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e were both honored with the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregg Hecimovich \u003c\/b\u003eis a Hutchins Family Fellow at Harvard University and professor of English at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. He received his PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and elsewhere. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Greenville, South Carolina, with his wife and two children.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378888503398,"sku":"9781538773512","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vTLrTr_h3g9781538773512.webp?v=1768912593","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-bondwomans-narrative-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}