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Slave Testimony:

Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews and Autobiographies
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John W. Blassingame
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LSU Press, 1977 - History - 777 pages
Written and oral testimony to the conditions and experiences of slavery reveal the everyday lives and extraordinary culture of black slaves.
  

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Despite my 40 years of reading, I had never read any of the testimonies from the slaves themselves, nor was I acutely aware that many had compiled narratives from letters, books, county records ... Read full review

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Contents

Preface
xi
Introduction
xvii
Speeches 18371862
121
Newspaper and Magazine Interviews 18271863
179
American Freedmens Inquiry Commission
369
Newspaper and Magazine Interviews 18641938
445
Interviews by Scholars 18721938
605
Autobiographies Published in Periodicals
683
Name Index
747
Subject Index
759
Copyright

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About the author (1977)

John W. Blassingame (19401;2000) was a scholar of the history of American slavery and a former chairman of the African American Studies program at Yale University.

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