May 20, 1924 – March 13, 2008 Hannah H. Craft, 83, of Vacaville, passed away on March 13, 2008, at David Grant Medical Center after a long illness (due to complications related to diabetes). Hannah ...
In 1951, the bibliographer Dorothy Porter bought an old manuscript from a rare-books dealer for $85—“The Bondwoman’s Narrative,” an unpublished, handwritten novel discovered in New Jersey. Its author ...
If Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. is correct, his recent literary find, a manuscript called “The Bondwoman’s Narrative,” recently published by Warner Books, isn’t just the only known novel written by ...
"The Life Times of Hannah Crafts" delves into the history of the first Black female novelist. Pictured here: Slave houses, Broad Street near Wheeler House, n.d. Courtesy of E. Frank Stephenson Jr.