West African Narratives of Slavery: Texts from Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ghana

Slavery in Africa existed for hundreds of years before it was abolished
in the late 19th century. Yet, we know little about how enslaved individuals,
especially those who never left Africa, talked about their experiences. Collecting
never before published or translated narratives of Africans from southeastern Ghana,
Sandra E. Greene explores how these writings reveal the thoughts, emotions, and
memories of those who experienced slavery and the slave trade. Greene considers how
local norms a...