The Sounds of Slavery
Subtitle: Discover African American History through Songs, Sermons, and Speech
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: April 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780807050262
Subjects: Slaves; Sociology; Language; Blacks In The U.S.; Southern States; Social Science; Social life and customs; History: American; Slavery; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; United States - State & Local - South; History / United States / General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Songs and music; United States - General; History - General History
First sentence: "When de day begin to crack," the former Louisiana slave Charley Williams told his interviewer, "de whole plantation break out wid all kinds of noises...