The History of Miss Jane Pittman by Christopher Mulvey

“…A comparison of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman with the Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave Written by Himself, published in 1847, will show how close these links are. …”
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Plantation Romances and Slave Narratives: Symbiotic Genres by Lucinda MacKethan

“…Read together, the "loyalist" plantation romance and the "fugitive" slave narrative speak to one another as symbiotic southern genres, even if only contrapuntally. …”
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Corps, couleur et sexualité : plaçage et quarteronnes à la Nouvelle-Orléans au xixe siècle by Nathalie Dessens

“…It was sometimes the slave’s identity card, in the fugitive slave notices masters published in the newspapers. …”
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Los fantasmas de Beloved by Marina Fe

“…Tony Morrison’s novel is inspired in the real story of a fugitive slave, Margaret Garner, and can be considered a ghost story belonging to the African American oral tradition as well as a slave narrative. …”
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