SOURCE: Decosta-Willis, Miriam. “Self and Society in the Afro-Cuban Slave Narrative.” Latin American Literary Review 16, no. 32 (July-December 1988): 6-15.
In the following essay, Decosta-Willis analyzes themes of desire for freedom and self-identity in two autobiographical narratives written by former Cuban slaves—Juan Francisco Manzano and Esteban Montejo.
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