Citations

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Lee, Julia. "Green, Jacob D.." African American National Biography, edited by Henry LouisGates Jr.. , edited by Evelyn BrooksHigginbotham. Oxford African American Studies Center,

Julia Lee uses her studies to emphasize the significant events that took place throughout the course of his life. Highlighting vital occurances such as the selling of his mother, his accounts of running away, and his admirable life as a antislavery lecturer

William L. Andrews, To Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Sfro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865, 1986

Eight thousand copies of Grren's Narrative was printed. This source explains how "the narrative is notable for its depiction of Green as a wily and inapologetic slave trickster who exploits whites and blacks alike to achieve his ends." As a means to escape punishment slaves often opted to use someone else as a scapegoat.