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A 5 page paper which examines three works which have contributed to the evolution of the African American. Two of the works are nonfiction and one work is fiction. The works discussed are “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Douglass, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs, and “Beloved” by Toni Morrison. No additional sources cited.
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African American people. Following the Civil War there were several texts which came out that discussed what slavery was like for those who experienced it. They were called slave narratives
and they opened up the world of the written word to the African Americans in many ways. It not only inspired many to read, but also left a legacy that
urged African Americans to write. The following paper examines two slave narratives and a fictional piece of work which involves the issues of slavery in order to illustrate how such
works have been an important part of the evolution and development of the African American people. The works discussed are "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Douglass,
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, and "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. Frederick Douglass "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is essentially
a story filled with numerous discoveries as one man struggles through issues of slavery, is troubled with thoughts of freedom, and eventually comes into a place in his life where
he deals with freedom from slavery. In this work we see many experiences, experiences which truly reflected the struggles of the African American, and experiences that became part of the
social consciousness. One of Douglass first discoveries, or one of the most important first discoveries, he made was that of the realities of slavery. As a child he was unaware
of the harsh realities of slavery, being a child and living relatively simply without violence. We note the comments made by Douglass in these regards in the following, which deals
with a beating he witnesses, presenting us with one of his most important discoveries: "I was so terrified and horror-stricken at the sight, that I hid myself in
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