Unchained memories : readings from the slave narratives / foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Spencer Crew and Cynthia Goodman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Bulfinch Press, Edition: 1st edDescription: 159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0821228420
  • 9780821228425
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.3/62/0975 22
LOC classification:
  • E444 .U53 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Slave auctions -- Work -- Family -- Living conditions -- Abuse -- Special occasions -- THe runaway -- Emancipation.
Summary: Presents more than 40 selections from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration that highlight different aspects of slave life, including work, abuse, living conditions, and emancipation.
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Book issued as a companion to the HBO documentary Unchained memories which debuted in February 2003 and as a companion to the travelling exhibition organized by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, spring 2003-summer 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156).

Introduction -- Slave auctions -- Work -- Family -- Living conditions -- Abuse -- Special occasions -- THe runaway -- Emancipation.

Presents more than 40 selections from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration that highlight different aspects of slave life, including work, abuse, living conditions, and emancipation.

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