Slave Testimony Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies

Blassingame, John W.

ISBN 10: 0807101842 / ISBN 13: 9780807101841

Published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, La, 1977

About this Item

a handsome copy of an amazing work. a wonderful opportunity to hear and learn from so many voices from our troubled past.see page 507 for the octaroon's tale. 165 years ago in 1847.

Seller Inventory # 022155

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slave Testimony Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, La
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807101842
• ISBN 13: 9780807101841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good Plus
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus

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Synopsis

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From the Back Cover

Between the covers of Slave Testimony readers will find the largest collection of annotated and authenticated accounts of slaves ever published in one volume. In them, the slaves of Thomas Jefferson, Robert E. Lee, Henry Clay, and others speak for themselves about their culture, plantation life, the adequacy of their food, clothing, and shelter, the sexual exploitation of black women, and the psychological response to bondage. The views given are those of house servants and field hands, docile slaves and rebels, urban slaves and rural slaves, slaves with kind masters and those with cruel ones. These wide-ranging documents, together with annotations, notes, an index, dozens of illustrations, and an incisive introduction, form a volume of unusual scope and character.