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While this is not quite a slave narrative, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" is testimony of one of the most famous American slaves (although the case can be made that he had already freed himself). While most slave narratives were weaponized in the anti-slavery struggle, this document was weaponized to justify strengthening the institution of slavery in the Antebellum South.
Episode 642: Richard Wright: Black Boy (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein: Episode 78: Time for the Stars (Part 1)
Episode 641: Richard Wright: Black Boy (American Hunger), Part 1
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 77: Tunnel in the Sky (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 76: Tunnel in the Sky (Part 1)
Episode 640: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 4/4, Conclusion)
Episode 639: Richard Wright: Native Son (Flight-Fate, Part 3/4)
Robert A. Heinlein: Episode 75: The Star Beast (Part 2)
Episode 638: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 2, Flight)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 74: The Star Beast (Part 1)
Episode 637: Richard Wright: Native Son (Part 1, Fear)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 73: Project: Nightmare
Episode 626: Richard Wright: Uncle Tom's Children (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 72: Sky-Lift
Episode 625: Richard Wright: Uncle Tom's Children (Part 1)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 71: Starman Jones (Part 2)
Episode 624: Richard Wright: Lawd Today (Part 2)
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 70: Starman Jones (Part 1)
Episode 623: Richard Wright: Lawd Today!
Robert A. Heinlein Book Club: Episode 69: The Year of the Jackpot
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
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