This thesis examines representations of enslavement and legacies of slavery in vampire fiction, specifically focusing on three novels: Florence Marryat’s The Blood of the Vampire, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, and Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories. Analyzing how each utilizes Gothic conventions to depict enslavement, imperialism, and colonization, I argue that vampirism acts as a metaphor for social bodies haunted, culturally and historically, by slavery. The creation of the vampire directly relates to racial discourse, casting shadows on identity and otherness. Therefore, this thesis foregrounds the interconnection between Gothic fiction and race to provide a framework for understanding the relation between vampirism and slavery. I present reading the vampire novels of Marryat, Rice, and Gomez as a century-long exploration into how fiction preserves and propagates narratives about slavery.