The following are American slave narratives that I found on the ‘net. Between now and the time we get back from vacation, please look through these narratives (read as much of each as you can) and write a couple of blog posts. Your first blog post should come before you start reading the narrative and should address what you expect to find or learn about in the piece, what you know about slavery already, etc. Your second post will be after you’ve done some reading. In it, please address whether (and how) the narrative enhanced your understanding of slavery in America, how it might relate to Huck Finn and Twain, and any other connections you can make. In that second post, quoting from and linking to your narrative, as well as a post from another ENG213 student (plus, if you find any other resources, some of them) will make this much more effective. Feel free to comment on one another’s blogs, as well.

Life of Isaac Mason as a SlaveAnnie L. Burton: Memories of Childhood's Slave Days The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter. Louisa Picquet, the Octoroon, or, Inside Views of Southern Domestic Life.John S. Jacobs: A True Tale of Slavery. From The Leisure Hour: A Family Journal of Instruction and Recreation, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 1861.