Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?

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In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.

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So the author could get paid.

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So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.

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So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.

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Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?

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