CLEP US History I Exam Prep

Answer: D - Olaudah Equiano published the first known slave narrative in 1789. Frederick Douglas also published his life story, but in the 19th century. Nat Turner led a slave revolt in the early 19th century but did not provide any memoirs beyond his confession. William Bradforth and John Brown were free white men.

The slave narrative genre also included writings of women such as Harriet Jacobs. These narratives accentuated the abusive nature of slavery and would be instrumental in the Abolitionist Movement of the 1830s.