Remembering slavery
Subtitle: African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom
By: edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller.
Contributors: Berlin, Ira, 1941-; Favreau, Marc, 1968-; Miller, Steven F.
Publisher: New Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York; Washington, D.C. Library of Congress
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Slaves -- Southern States -- Interviews; Slaves -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources; African Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources; Freedmen -- United States -- Interviews; Slavery -- Southern States -- History; Slaves -- Southern States -- History; Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Interviews
Genres: Interviews.; Sources.
Description: This set contains: two sixty-minute audiotapes that include original live recordings of interviews with former slaves and dramatic readings by celebrities from written interviews; and, a hardcover book that includes a comprehensive introductory essay by preeminent slavery historian Ira Berlin, chapters on aspects of slave life, including relationships with owners, work, family culture, the Civil War, and Emancipation; complete transcript of the live recordings and dramatic readings of interviews with former slaves, contained on the companion tapes; extensive additional interviews with former slaves; little-known period photographs, including some of the former slaves interviewed on the companion tapes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves and dramatic readings from written interviews.