num_pages: 160
description: Unchained Memories is a riveting compilation of more than forty narratives drawn from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the government's Works Progress Administration. The book is an adaptation of HBO's documentary special for 2003, also titled Unchained Memories . From slave auctions to emancipation, the narratives trace the extraordinary experiences of lives spent in slavery.
language: English
title: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
titlecomplete: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
genres: Memoir, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 93
publisher: Bulfinch