Dictated by Former American Slaves in the 1930s
Compiled by Donna Wyant Howell
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 1: Descriptions of Plantation Life
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 2: The Lives of Slave Men
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 3: The Lives of Slave Women
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 4: The Breeding of Slaves
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 5: The Lives of Slave Children
I WAS A SLAVE: Book 6: Slave Auctions
In the 1930's, thousands of former American slaves were interviewed in every southern state and in a few northern ones. They ranged from their seventies to over one hundred years of age. Tens of thousands of pages of these interviews are stored in about four archives across America.
In I WAS A SLAVE, the dictated words of the ex-slaves remain as they spoke them -- virtually unedited and usually in southern dialect. Included are their photographs and photos of real slave cabins and other artifacts used during slavery.
Except for a few explanatory pages, each book remains in their own words -- not rewritten. In their first-hand accounts, they tell what really happened during American slavery . Their words are amazing, tragic, hysterically funny, wise, highly educational, and spellbinding. This is a must-read series of books.
*BOOK SERIES
The I WAS A SLAVE Book Collection is a series that will have 24 books. Currently, six books are available. See more at iwasaslave.com
Each separate book contains the subject matter that relates to the subtitle. For example, in Book 6, many dozens of former American slaves tell about how they were sold, what happened during the auctions, and how the sales affected them. They talk about their masters, their punishments, their family relationships, their secrets, and details that only they knew.
Also included are several full-life stories that are completely in their own words, too.
To Educators: Only in this series can information be found about SPECIFIC subjects compiled into one separate book. No longer do you need to read thousands of pages to find details in the WPA slave narratives about the one subject that you want. The compiler has done the work for you.
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