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) ?

• A. So the author could get paid.
• B. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
• C. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.
• D. So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.