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Slave narratives were shaped by_____________?
Correct answer: A. Captivity narratives.
- A. Captivity narratives.
- B. Abolitionist newspaper accounts.
- C. Folktales.
- D. African mythology.Find Online Therapy
Explanation
Slave narratives inherited the structure and conventions of earlier captivity narratives, which described imprisonment, suffering, survival, and eventual release. Abolitionist publications helped circulate these accounts but did not shape the genre as directly.
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