This book of slave narratives is a companion to the downtrodden, persecuted, heavy ladden, and lonely soul. I suppose the stories are bent to envoke some emotional response. I like to feel something whenever I read, these narratives are deep and rich and you will be crying at one point and the next holding your breathe shocked and the courage suddenly rising out of the 🔥🔥🔥. I have read the first two narratives only, but plan to finish this book by February, and not so I can spew a bunch of random stories. 

Slave Narratives (Library of America)

This volume contains ten full slave narratives, including "Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," "The Confessions of Nat Turner," "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ... Read full review