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When I Was a Slave : Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection by Norman R....
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780486420707
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486420701
ISBN-13
9780486420707
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2278299
Product Key Features
Book Title
When I Was a Slave : Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
American / African American, Historical, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Book Series
Dover Thrift Editions: Black History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
4.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-019227
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
305.5/67/092273
Synopsis
More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative Collection, a project funded by the U.S. Government. An illuminating source of information., More than 2,000 former slaves provide first-person accounts in blunt, simple language about their lives in bondage. Illuminating, often startling information about southern life before, during, and after the Civil War., In an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States Government, through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), funded the Federal Writers' Project. One of the group's most noteworthy and enduring achievements was the Slave Narrative Collection, consisting of more than 2,000 transcripts of interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple words, provided often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. This book reprints some of the most detailed and engrossing life histories in the collection. Each narrative is complete. Thirty-four gripping testimonies are included, with all slave occupations represented -- from field hand and cook to French tutor and seamstress. Personal treatment reported by these individuals also encompassed a wide range -- from the most harsh and exploitative to living and working conditions that were intimate and benevolent. An illuminating and unique source of information about life in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, these memoirs, most importantly, preserve the opinions and perspective of those who were enslaved. Invaluable to students, teachers, and specialists in Southern history, this compelling book will intrigue anyone interested in the African-American experience.
LC Classification Number
E444.W564 2002
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