Autobiografia de un Esclavo by Juan Francisco Manzano
I won't go into detail about this, as it was read for my Culture and Identity in Latin America module at uni. I read it in Spanish, but due to the fact that it was written by someone who themselves how to write Spanish, it is an absolute nightmare to read, no punctuation and basically written phonetically. It is very interesting though and of great historical importance. It was the first and possibly the only account of slavery written in Spanish. It was written by a Cuban slave who had also two poetry books published previously. He lived a very unusual life, and had a variety of different mistresses. When reading this and the English version, however, it is important to remember that it was greatly edited from the original by the sponsors and translators who made the publication possible.
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