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.
Publisher:
W.W. Norton distributor,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
liv, 359 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.).
Originally published: 1996. Published in association with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution. Includes remastered MP3 compact disc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
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).
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.