Slave Testimony
Subtitle: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: July 1977
Place of publication: Baton Rouge, LA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 777
ISBN-13: 9780807102732
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; Slavery in the U.S.; Personal narratives; Sociology; United States; Biography/Autobiography; Sources; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Sociology - General; History; Slavery; Slavery in the U.S
First sentence: HISTORIANS HAVE LONG GIVEN top priority to personal letters in their efforts to ascertain the effect of events and institutions on people.
Table of contents: title: Letters, 1736-1864; title: Speeches, 1837-1862; title: Newspaper and magazine interviews, 1827-1863; title: American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission interviews, 1863; title: Newspaper and magazine interviews, 1864-1938; title: Interviews by scholars, 1872-1938; title: Autobiographies published in periodicals and books, 1828-1878