slave narrative
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'Those Narratives Are So Powerful': The Root Presents: It's Lit! Learns How the Word Is Passed With Clint Smith
Released this June, The Atlantic writer’s stirring ‘Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America’ became an instant No. 1 New York Times bestseller.
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Barry Jenkins Has Worked on The Underground Railroad Limited Series for 4 Years—and Now He's Gifting it to Us
You know a Barry Jenkins-helmed series of frames when you see them—they are visual poetry. Jenkins, who is seemingly very intentional with the projects he chooses,, will be debuting his newest project, The Underground Railroad on Amazon Prime Video this spring. The series is based on Colson Whitehead’s award-winning novel of the same name. Along…
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New Slave Narrative Tells Story of Woman Who Escaped to Freedom on Underground Railroad
A newly available slave narrative tells the story of a Maryland woman who escaped slavery and traveled the Underground Railroad on a yearslong journey to Auburn, N.Y. The 12-page manuscript was penned by Julia C. Ferris, a white teacher who sat down with a former slave named Jane Clark, and it was never available to…