Slave biography

This section of the bibliography lists biographies published in English before that were written by or about slaves or former slaves. Much less well known than autobiographical slave narratives, the biographies of slaves or former slaves constitute an abundant resource for the study of the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition. In addition to book-length biographies, the following. contains information about hundreds of thousands of individuals involved in the historical slave trade — including enslaved people, enslavers, and slave traders. For most of these individuals, we can offer little more than fragmentary evidence in datasets; for some individuals, however, we can tell fuller life Stories from across Africa and the Americas, of enslaved people. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
Slavery is the condition in which one human being is owned by another. Under slavery, an enslaved person is considered by law as property, or chattel, and is deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons. Learn more about the history, legality, and sociology of slavery in this article.