... of them from communicating effectively to the reader. The controversy surrounding the "truth- of Prince's narrative ultimately empowers it as a political tool and literary work. This paper will examine the impact of the woman's slave narrative on the abolitionist movement. The primary focus will be The History of Mary ... works in this genre tend to follow a certain formula. African-American studies scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explains the slave narrative in these terms: The Black slave narrators sought to indict both those who enslaved them and the meta- physical system drawn upon to...

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... my experience of slavery,--that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom." (p.135) By 1838, Douglass . " could see no reason why I should, at the end of each week, pour the reward of my toil into the purse of ... witness such a determined individual is inspiring. To those that are disadvantaged, Douglass stated "What is possible for me is possible for you." (http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html) Douglass" lesson should be taught to everyone, young...

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