Title Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation / edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau and Steven F. Miller ; foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley.

Publication Info.	New York : New Press ; New York : W.W. Norton [distributor], 2007.
	1996.

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Description	liv, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. + 1 audio disc (MP3 ; 4 3/4 in.).
Note	Originally published: 1996.
	Published in association with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution.
	Includes remastered MP3 compact disc.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index.
Contents	Slavery as memory and history -- The faces of power: slaves and owners -- Work and slave life: "from can to can't" -- Family life in slavery: "our folks" -- Slave culture: "honest and fair service to the Lord and all mankind everywhere" -- Slaves no more: Civil War and the coming of freedom -- "Remembering slavery": the radio documentary (Appendix 1) -- Recordings of slave narratives and related materials in the Archive of Folk Culture, Library of Congress (Appendix 2).
Summary	Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by researchers working with the Federal Writers' Project and dramatic readings from written interviews collected at that time.
Subject	Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions.
	Freed persons -- United States -- Interviews.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Subject	Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Interviews.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Slavery -- United States -- History.
	Enslaved persons -- United States -- Interviews.
Added Author	Berlin, Ira, 1941-2018
	Favreau, Marc, 1968-
	Miller, Steven F.
	Kelley, Robin D. G.
	Library of Congress.
	Smithsonian Institution.
Other Form:	Online version: Remembering slavery. New York : New Press ; New York : W.W. Norton [distributor], 2007 (OCoLC)608522211
ISBN	9781595582287 paperback
	1595582282 paperback
	1565845870 paperback
	9781565845879 paperback

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