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When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)

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In an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the U.S. 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, a series of books consisting of more than 2,000 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, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the collection. These memoirs represent an illuminating and unique source of information about life in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and about the institution of slavery. Most importantly, they preserve the opinions and perspectives of those who were enslaved.

Book News Annotation:

A selection from the Slave Narrative Collection recorded by the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-38.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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.

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.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780486420707
Subtitle:
Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
Editor:
Yetman, Norman R.
Editor:
Yetman, Norman R.
Author:
Yetman, Norman R.
Author:
Dover Thrift Editions
Author:
Yetman
Author:
Federal Writers Project
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Location:
Mineola, N.Y.
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Minority Studies
Subject:
Slavery
Subject:
African American Studies
Subject:
United States - Antebellum Era
Subject:
Slaves
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor
Subject:
Slaves -- United States.
Subject:
General-General
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series:
Dover Thrift Editions
Series Volume:
27
Publication Date:
20020701
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Pages:
157
Dimensions:
8.25 x 9 in 0.29 lb
Age Level:
from 14
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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.
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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.
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