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Life under the "peculiar institution" : selections from the Slave Narrative Collection /

Consists of one hundred and two ex-slave narratives which were drawn from the Federal Writers' Project, Slave Narratives, A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, which was compiled in seventeen states during the years 1936-1938.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Library of Congress
Other Authors: Yetman, Norman R., 1938- (Compiler)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1970]
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Slave narratives > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écrits d'esclaves américains.
Récits d'esclaves > États-Unis > Biographies.
Slave narratives
Enslaved persons
Enslaved persons > Social conditions
Enslaved persons' writings, American
United States
Autobiografie
Sklave
USA
Slaves > United States > Social conditions
Slaves > United States > Biography
Slaves' writings, American
Autobiographie.
Sklave.
USA.
oral histories (literary works)
Oral histories
Biographies
Oral histories.
Histoires orales.
Description
Summary:Consists of one hundred and two ex-slave narratives which were drawn from the Federal Writers' Project, Slave Narratives, A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, which was compiled in seventeen states during the years 1936-1938.
Item Description:Selections from the Slave Narrative Collection of the Library of Congress.
Physical Description:xi, 368 pages : illustrations, facsimile ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0030814243
9780030814242