African American Slave Narratives

I believe that slave narratives are one of the most important sources of information for learning and understanding the important part of American history; the slavery and its linkage with African Americans. These slave narratives don't just capacity as stories of continuance and survival, but also use a particular authorial voice which adds to their convincing force. As African-American abolitionists, the narrators of slave narratives would have felt the double weights of staying consistent with their slave foundations while displaying a voice which could pick up the consideration of and influence white audiences. This reflective voice was a key to the accomplishment of the slave narrative, as eventually the narrative's capacity to recount a momentous story of survival and escape was optional to its planned capacity as an abolitionist slavery report which would …show more content…
The real surprising thing for me is that these narratives show the real power behind writing these narratives which is the end of slavery and the success was achieved. There are many positive things that I have learned from these slave narratives such as these narratives let me to understand that what is slavery, how it was the part of American history, how it was started and what sorts of problems were faced by the slaves during the era of slavery. Furthermore these narratives also help me to understand the cultural difference of slave and free societies. It also give me a clear idea about the issue of racism and have developed my though to think about this issue in present time. This is true that issue of racism is still present in American societies and these slave narratives have helped me to find out the roots of racism in today’s