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I WAS A SLAVE
Book 2: The Lives of Slave Men

I WAS SLAVE: Book 2: The Lives of Slave Men

Paperback: 64 pages

ISBN: 1886766150

Price: $8.95

In the 1930's, thousands of former American slaves were interviewed in every southern state and in a few northern ones. They ranged from their seventies to over one hundred years of age. Tens of thousands of pages of these interviews are stored in about four archives across America.

In I WAS A SLAVE, the dictated words of the ex-slaves remain as they spoke them -- virtually unedited and usually in southern dialect. Included are their photographs and photos of real slave cabins and other artifacts used during slavery.

Except for a few explanatory pages, each book remains in their own words -- not rewritten. In their first-hand accounts, they tell what really happened during American slavery . Their words are amazing, tragic, hysterically funny, wise, highly educational, and spellbinding. This is a must-read series of books.


EXCERPTS from Book 2

JOHN FINNELY: De wo'k am divided 'twix de cullud fo'ks. [The work is divided between the colored folk.] Allus [All of us] have de certain duties to do. I's am a field hand. Befo' I's ol' 'nough fo' to do dat, deys have me he'p wid de chores an' run errands. I's 'bout 12 yeahs ol' w'en I's put to plowin' an' hoein' an' sich [and such].

KATE CURREY: Massa had his own house servants, too, an' de ones for de outside all had dey own work to do, like de coachman, de stable boy, an' de body servant for himself.

HENRY PROBASCO: Be blacksmith do de iron wo'k, an' de wood wo'k am done by de cahpentah. De plows am mos'ly wood, jus' de point an' de shear am iron. My gran'pap made many mouldboards outter [out of] wood.

THOMAS JOHNS: I usually tended to de cattle and sheep, but I could take raw cotton and card and spin it on a spinnin' wheel into thread, fine enough to be sewed with a needle.

GILL RUFFIN: When I growed up, Marster Butler took me outta de house and put me to work in de field. We had a overseer dat sho' made us step [work extremely fast]. We was used rough durin' slavery time.


BOOK SERIES

The I WAS A SLAVE Book Collection is a series that will have 24 books. Currently, six books are available:

http://www.iwasaslave.com

Each separate book contains the subject matter that relates to the subtitle. For example, in Book 2, many dozens of former American slaves tell about the various ways that men endured slavery. They talk about their masters, their punishments, their family relationships, their secrets, and details that only they knew.

Also included are several full-life stories that are completely in their own words, too.


To Educators: Only in this series can information be found about SPECIFIC subjects compiled into one separate book. No longer do you need to read thousands of pages to find details in the WPA slave narratives about the one subject that you want. We have done the work for you.

 


I WAS A SLAVE: Book 2: The Lives of Slave Men: $8.95


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