Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?

Related Mcqs:

Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?

A. Most slave children lived in two family homes. B. Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples. C. Slaves were given limited civil rights. D. Most slaves were not Christian....

Etheridge Knight’s “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” what is Hard Rock’s function in the prison ?

A. To help the other inmates escape. B. To win money by fighting. C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do. D. To keep the Blacks and Whites separated....

The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Flight” is________________?

A. The poem’s form of rhymed tetrameter couplets. B. The poem shows her future work as a advocate of civil rights. C. The poem is filled with Christian symbolism. D. The fact that the poem is the most accurate account of the 1742 Indian-White engagement in Deerfield, Massachusetts....

What was the Great Migration ?

A. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers. B. When African Americans settled Liberia. C. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroad. D. When African Americans migrated to the South from the North....

One of the functions of protest poetry was to________________?

A. Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors. B. Encourage societies strive for equality for all. C. Extol the virtues of living in the free North. D. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone....