| Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation Contributor(s): Berlin, Ira (Editor), Favreau, Marc (Editor), Miller, Steven F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1565845870 ISBN-13: 9781565845879 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Slavery - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.11" W x 9.19" (1.22 lbs) 355 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1998, The New Press published Remembering Slavery, a book-and-tape set that offered a startling first-person history of slavery. Using excerpts from the thousands of interviews conducted with ex-slaves in the 1930s by researchers working with the Federal Writers' Project, the astonishing audiotapes made available the only known recordings of people who actually experienced enslavement--recordings that had gathered dust in the Library of Congress until they were rendered audible for the first time specifically for this set. Remembering Slavery received the kind of commercial attention seldom accorded projects of this nature--nationwide critical and review coverage as well as extensive coverage on prime-time television, including Good Morning America, Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, and CNN. Reviewers called the set "chilling ... and] riveting" (Publishers Weekly) and "something, truly, truly new" (The Village Voice). Now the groundbreaking book component of the set is available for a new generation of readers. |