Title | Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom / edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller.
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Published | New York : New Press ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, c1998.
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Description | lii, 355 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 2 sound cassettes (analog)
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ISBN | 1-56584-425-4 |
ISBN | 978-1-56584-425-4 |
ISBN | 1-56584-587-0 |
ISBN | 978-1-56584-587-9 |
General Note | Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves and dramatic readings from written interviews.
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Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
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Formatted Note | 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 -- Appendixes.
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Subjects | African Americans -- Interviews. African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources. Freedmen -- United States -- Interviews. Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Slavery -- Southern States -- History. Slaves -- Southern States -- History. Slaves -- Southern States -- Interviews. Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Other Authors | Berlin, Ira, 1941- Favreau, Marc, 1968- Miller, Steven F.
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LC Card Number | 2003-389301 |
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| WRHS Research Library: E 444 R386 1998 mq244414: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| WRHS Research Library: E 444 R386 1998 Cassettes mq244423: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
[Record 146977] |
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