Damaris C. (Erinyes) reviewed My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery on + 279 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is an incredibly good read. I cannot recommend it enough. It is all the direct memories of ex-slaves. There is not alot of academic comment. They allow these people to tell their own stories. And I think these are stories that need to be heard. Utterly fascinating.
Katy S. (tomoromayrain) -
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Quick read. I wish it were longer!
It is a great reminder of how recently slavery was abolished.
Great book for any age.
It is a great reminder of how recently slavery was abolished.
Great book for any age.
Susan P. (grandmasusan) reviewed My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery on + 45 more book reviews
Descriptions of slavery by the people who experienced it from slave narratives in the Library of Congress collected by the Federal Writers' Project during the 1930s. The joys and sorrows, hopes and dreams of enslaved people in the land of the free. Fascinating quick read.
First hand accounts of southern slaves from the Library of Congress.
Miriam S. (perennialstudent) - , reviewed My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery on + 15 more book reviews
A fascinating look at the various experiences and attitudes of people who actually went through the experience of slavery. I would have expected more bitterness, but perhaps people did not speak as frankly as they might. I wish the book were bigger and contained more voices.
