This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• The 1852 first book edition, accompanied by Elizabeth Ammons's preface, note on the text, and explanatory annotations.
• Twenty-two illustrations.
• A rich selection of historical documents on slavery and abolitionism.
• Seventeen critical reviews spanning more than 160 years.
• A Chronology, A Brief Time Line of Slavery in America, and an updated Selected Bibliography.
  

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.