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Unchained Memories
Readings from the Slave Narratives
$24.95 / Hardcover
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An adaptation of the HBO documentary of the same name, Unchained Memories
is a riveting compilations of more than forty narratives and photographs
drawn from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s by the
government's Works Progress Administration. From slave auctions to
emancipation, the narratives trace the extraordinary experiences of life in
perhaps the darkest period of our nation's history. Readers will shudder at
the vivid accounts - told in the dialect of the former slaves - of the
painstaking labor and abuse to which slaves were subjected, and they will be
moved by the recollections of family life, slave weddings and other special
occasions. Resonant with the deep-seated feelings that marks the institution
of American slavery, Unchained Memories is an accessible and
compelling volume that is certain to be talked about for years to come.
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