Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom / edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller.
Publication Info.
New York : The New Press ; Washington, D.C. : In association with The Library of Congress, [2007]
Slavery as memory and history -- The faces of power: slaves and owners -- Work and slave life: "from can to can't" -- Family life in slavery: "our folks" -- Slave culture: "honest and fair service to the Lord and all mankind everywhere" -- Slaves no more: Civil War and the coming of freedom -- Appendixes.
Summary
The extraordinary interviews from the book component of "Remembering Slavery" are now published in an affordable paperback edition. "Moving recollections fill a void in the slavery literature. . . . Chilling."--"The Washington Post Book World." 40 photos.