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When her master is betrothed to a woman who conceals a tragic secret, Hannah Crafts, a slave over a wealthy NEW YORK plantation, runs away in a bid on her behalf freedom up North. Pursued by slave hunters, imprisoned by way of a mysterious and cruel captor, held by sympathetic strangers, and forced to serve a demanding new mistress, she finally makes her way to freedom in NJ. Her compelling story offers a fascinating view of American life in the mid-1800s and the literary conventions of that time period. Written in the 1850s by way of a runaway slave, THE BONDSWOMAN'S NARRATIVE is a provocative literary landmark and a significant historical even that will captivate a diverse audience. It offers a window in to the psychology and perspective of an slave woman.David Brion Davis, a Yale professor and historican of slavery, said, 'We have relatively few genuine slave narratives, and certainly a novel compiled by a black woman and former slave is almost sensational.
