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Unchained memories : readings from the slave narratives

2002

Format:	Book
Title:	Unchained memories : readings from the slave narratives / foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Spencer Crew and Cynthia Goodman.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	Boston : Bulfinch Press, ©2002.
Description:	159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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.
Subjects:	Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Biography. Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Social conditions. African Americans -- Southern States -- Biography. African Americans -- Southern States -- Pictorial works.
Genre:	Slave narratives.
Other Author:	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Notes:	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).
Contents:	Introduction -- Slave auctions -- Work -- Family -- Living conditions -- Abuse -- Special occasions -- THe runaway -- Emancipation.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information
LCCN:	2002113761
ISBN:	0821228420 9780821228425
Other Number:	51458797
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	130270
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Call Number:	306.362 Unchained

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