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The Autobiography of a Slave / Autobiografia de un Esclavo (Latin American Literature Series) by Juan Francisco Manzano, Dr. Ivan A. Schulman (Introduction), Evelyn Picon Garfield (Translator), Ivan A. Schulman (Editor) Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8143-2537-8 / 0814325378 ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2537-7 / 9780814325377 Juan Francisco Manzano (1797-1854), an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's colonial slave society, wrote the only known autobiographical account of Latin American slavery. His narrative, composed in two parts, is a heart-rendering hi |