新刊『逃亡奴隷・ジェームス・ウィリアムズの人生と冒険:地下鉄道での全記述

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Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave: With a Full Description of the Underground Railroad, James B. Williams, Read & Co. History, February 8, 2022

This book is a 1873 account by American slave James Williams, describing his early life, abuse, and eventual escape to New York City. The first slave narrative published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, today the story is commonly remembered as fraudulent due to contemporary Southern newspaper columnists' attacks on the narrative's veracity. (引用元