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African American literature of slavery has a translation history dating from at least the 1840s.  One of the Project's collections addresses this history, with special attention to translations of Frederick Douglass published from the 19th-century to the present day.  The collection includes podcast readings of selected chapters from Douglass' 1845 narrative in French, Hebrew, Spanish, and most recently a Chinese reading by Prof. John Zou.  Read more...
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Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce, and the General Disposition of Its Inhabitants

by Antislavery Webmaster — last modified 2006-02-24 17:20

A 1771 travel account of African slavery by Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet (1713-1784). Digitized by the Gutenberg Project.

The link address is: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11489