2 options
Slavery remembered : a record of twentieth-century slave narratives / by Paul D. Escott.
LIBRA E443 .E82
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escott, Paul D., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions.
- Enslaved persons.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 221 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1979]
- Summary:
- This is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives in the Federal Writers' Project. Escott read nearly 2,400 narratives to establish 81 categories of information for computer analysis. Tables presenting this data are set within a well-organized text that includes many quotations.
- Slavery remembered is an important contribution to the study of American slavery and, because of its brevity and clarity, an ideal classroom text for American history surveys as well as more specialized courses.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 213-216.
- ISBN:
- 0807813400.
- OCLC:
- 4494999
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.