The Experience of Employing the Slave Narrative Genre in Describing the History of the Caucasus

The genre of the slave narrative is unique, and essential to African-American culture. Yet, up now, personally written stories describing journey freedom traveled by “heroic slaves”, writings that could well qualify as nonfiction, have received little attention outside US UK. This makes all more interesting attempt prominent Russian historian A. Cherkasov employ in history Caucasus, undertaken his collection documents “Circassian Slave Narratives”. review attempts analyze phenomenon determine degree which it be transposed Russia. It shown while a portion published Cherkasov, specifically interviews with slaves who escaped from Russia Circassia, do seem fit theme, most Russian-Circassian narratives are completely different classic content style. These not publicistic memoirs for abolitionist purposes but documentation maintained keep records fugitives. In end, author article draws conclusion impossible an exact analogue figure heroic something typical history. Accordingly, despite fact fugitive slaves’ testimonies were widely down at time, was case outcome type writing typologically. However, if viewed broad sense, aggregate first-hand accounts can help provide reader comprehensive documentary picture life actual slaves, Narratives” may considered worthy representative genre. provides 180 over 1,000 thematically contiguous record-keeping documents, offer unique insight into Circassian slavery specifically. Consequently, hardly possible use history, there considerable potential its creative reconceptualization, has been substantiated Cherkasov.