The Sounds of Slavery
Subtitle: Discovering African American History through Songs, Sermons, and Speech
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: January 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780807050279
Subjects: Black studies; Slavery & emancipation; Sociology; History - General History; History; History: American; USA; United States - Colonial Period; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Slavery; United States - State & Local - South; History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Language; Slaves; Social life and customs; Songs and music; Southern States
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...