Unchained memories : readings from the slave narratives / foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Spencer Crew and Cynthia Goodman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.

Crew, Spencer R., 1949- writer of introduction.

Goodman, Cynthia, writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Southern States--Biography.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social conditions.

African Americans.

Southern States.

Social conditions.

African Americans--Southern States--Biography.

African Americans--Southern States--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Biographies.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

159 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 27 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bulfinch Press, 2002.

Summary:

An adaptation of HBOUs documentary special for 2003, "Unchained Memories" is a riveting compilation of more than 40 narratives drawn from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. From slave auctions to emancipation, the narratives trace the extraordinary experience of life in perhaps the darkest period of the nation's history.

Contents:

Slave Auctions. Introductory text by Lonnie Bunch

Work. Introductory text by Delores Walters

Family. Introductory text by Rex Ellis

Living Conditions. Introductory text by Orloff Miller

Abuse. Introductory text by Walter Hill

Special Occasions. Introductory text by Spencer Crew

The Runaway. Introductory text by Keith Griffler

Emancipation. Introductory text by John Fleming.

Notes:

"Based on the HBO Documentary"--Dust jacket.

Design by Wendy Byrne.

Endpapers: Facsimile pages from the 'Slave Narratives' collection in the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0821228420

OCLC:

51458797