![]() ![]() ![]() Not until publication of Miguel Barnet's The Autobiography of a Runaway Slave in 1966 did there exist a narrative centered on the life of a common slave in Cuba (Barnet, 1966). The book inspired other authors to condemn the institution of slavery as it existed in Cuba. The Autobiografia concludes with Manzano's escape from his owner. Penned by Juan Francisco Manzano, the Autobiografia (written in 1835, published in England in 1840, and in Cuba in 1937) recounted the life of an enslaved black who learned how to read and write. ![]() In Cuba, one slave narrative appeared in the nineteenth century. In contrast, several thousand slave narratives and eight full-length autobiographies were published in the United States before the outbreak of the Civil War (1860-1865) (Conrad, p. In Brazil, two mulatto abolitionists wrote sketchy descriptions of their personal experiences, and one autobiography of a black man was published before emancipation. ![]() Miguel Barnet's Biography of a Runaway Slave: Testimonial Literature as Historyįew documentary sources exist from the Caribbean islands and the Latin American mainland written by Africans or their descendants that describe their life under enslavement. Willimantic, Conn.: Curbstone Press, 1994. ![]()
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