Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves, (Paperback)

from Cajun_Huguenot

I wish everyone could read this little book. It shows Southern Slavery in many differnt lights. Everything in it is first hand accounts by former slaves.

from creyola

Through the oral telling of personal history as slaves this books brings to reality what it was like living in the Southern United States during one of America's most troubling eras. I found it fascinating that many of the slaves claimed to like their owners or state that when they received beati...

from antiquary

These stories were compiled by the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s from memories of ex-slaves then in their 80s and 90s. As the introduction comments, many of te memories are surprisingly benign (especially compared with accounts written during the slavery era by escaped or freed slaves). It...

from bell7

During the Great Depression, one of the Federal Writers' Project activities was locating former slaves and interviewing them. The resultant collection of these oral histories has been microfilmed by the Library of Congress, the Slave Narratives, which make up seventeen volumes (10,000 pages) of m...

from auntmarge64

This little book brings together 27 oral histories collected by the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s. All of the interviewees were in their 80s or older at the time, and were at least 10 years of age at the end of the Civil War. The editor includes a thoughtful introduction in which she cons...