Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narrative
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Folktales of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Ex-Slaves, Volume XVI, Narratives from Texas, Part 2 is comprised of unique testimonies from former slaves that reveal the painful truth about life in slavery. The authors of this book are from the United States. The Work Projects Administration has collected and carefully recorded the stories of ex-slaves, which reveal shocking details of their lives, work and struggle for freedom. This part of Volume XVI is devoted to narratives from Texas, where slavery had special features and challenges for its victims. Each story becomes a drop in the ocean of memory about the period of slavery, which prompts readers to think deeply about social problems and human dignity. This book is an important document of history that helps preserve the memories of the past and pay tribute to the palms woven into it.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- United States. Work Projects Administration
- Language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-01-14
- Title
- Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 2
- Subject
- African Americans -- Texas -- History -- Sources
African Americans -- Texas -- Interviews
E300
Enslaved persons -- Texas -- Biography
Texas -- Biography
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