similar theme. Tales to inspire the abolitionist movement From the mid-1820s, writers consciously chose the autobiographical form to generate enthusiasms for the abolitionist movement. Some writers adopted literary techniques, including the use of fictionalized dialogue. Between 1835 and 1865 more than 80 such narratives were published. Recurrent features include: slave auctions, the break-up of families, and frequently two accounts of escapes, one of which is successful. As this was the period of the forced migration of an estimated one million slaves from the Upper South to the Deep South through the internal slave trade, the experiences of auctions and separation of families were common to many. Examples include: William Grimes, Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, New York, 1825 Solomon Bayley, A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley, Formerly a Slave in the State of Delaware, North America, 1825 Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, London, 1831 Charles Ball, Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, A Black Man, Lewistown, 1836 Moses Roper, A Narrative of Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery, London, 1837 Lunsford Lane, The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an Account of His Early Life, the Redemption by Purchase of Himself and Family from Slavery, and His Banishment from the Place of His Birth for the Crime of Wearing a Colored Skin, 1842 Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston, 1845 Lewis and Milton Clarke, Narratives of the Sufferings of Lewis and Milton Clarke, Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution, During a Captivity of More Than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky, One of the So-Called Christian States of North America. Boston, 1846 William Wells Brown, Narrative of William Wells Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Boston, 1847 Henry Box Brown, Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Boston, 1849 Josiah Henson, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself, Boston, 1849 Henry Bibb, Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, New York, 1849 James W. C. Pennington, The Fugitive Blacksmith, or Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, London, 1849 Henry Watson, Narrative of Henry Watson, A Fugitive Slave, Boston, 1848. Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave,