Bibliograph

Remembering slavery, African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation, edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller ; foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley

Type

Label

Remembering slavery, African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation, edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller ; foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Remembering slavery

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

182581246

Responsibility statement

edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller ; foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley

Sub title

African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation

Summary

Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by researchers working with the Federal Writers' Project and dramatic readings from written interviews collected at that time

Table Of Contents

Slavery as memory and history -- The faces of power: slaves and owners -- Work and slave life: "from can to can't" -- Family life in slavery: "our folks" -- Slave culture: "honest and fair service to the Lord and all mankind everywhere" -- Slaves no more: Civil War and the coming of freedom -- "Remembering slavery": the radio documentary (Appendix 1) -- Recordings of slave narratives and related materials in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress (Appendix 2)

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