Memories of the Enslaved: Voices from the Slave Narratives

Voices from the Slave Narratives

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
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Author: ISBN: 9781440837791
Publisher: ABC-CLIO Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: Praeger Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781440837791
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: Praeger
Language: English

This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement.

• Provides a historical overview of the scholarship on slavery via first-person perspectives into the institution of slavery

• Supplies an introductory essay for each theme as well as brief contextual explanations for each excerpt with the text of the oral narrative

• Supplies primary source documents in the form of interviews with actual slaves from the WPA slave narratives that allow readers to better understand the experiences of those who lived in slavery

• Presents a history of the slave narratives project under the New Deal

• Gives eye-opening insights into the plight of women within the institution of slavery

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This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement.

• Provides a historical overview of the scholarship on slavery via first-person perspectives into the institution of slavery

• Supplies an introductory essay for each theme as well as brief contextual explanations for each excerpt with the text of the oral narrative

• Supplies primary source documents in the form of interviews with actual slaves from the WPA slave narratives that allow readers to better understand the experiences of those who lived in slavery

• Presents a history of the slave narratives project under the New Deal

• Gives eye-opening insights into the plight of women within the institution of slavery

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