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When I Was a Slave : Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
When I Was a Slave Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection - Dover Thrift Editions
More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative Collection, a project funded by the U.S. Government. An illuminating source of information tha...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486420707
ISBN-10: 0486420701
Publication Date: 7/1/2002
Pages: 157
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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mimi2huddy avatar reviewed When I Was a Slave : Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 9 more book reviews
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What a national treasure! In the their own words the world of these slaves was opened for all to know. This short book is packed with information you will never see in a text book. Should be required to reading for the U.S. population. Slavery was and still is in the world today and abomination.
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janisbeth avatar reviewed When I Was a Slave : Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) on + 34 more book reviews
A moving and fascinating collection of recollections from slavery daysboth good experiences and bad. A real eye-opener.


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