Author: T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806128597
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
"I never talk to nobody 'bout this" was the response of one aged African American when asked by a Works Project Administration field worker to share memories of his life in slavery and after emancipation. He and other ex-slaves were uncomfortable with the memories of a time when black and white lives were interwoven through human bondage. Yet the WPA field workers overcame the old people's reticence, and American West scholars T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker have collected all the known WPA Oklahoma "slave narratives" in this volume for the first time - including fourteen never published before. Their careful editorial notes detail what is known about the interviewers and the process of preparing the narratives.
The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives
Author: T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
"I never talk to nobody 'bout this" was the response of one aged African American when asked by a Works Project Administration field worker to share memories of his life in slavery and after emancipation. He and other ex-slaves were uncomfortable with the memories of a time when black and white lives were interwoven through human bondage. Yet the WPA field workers overcame the old people's reticence, and American West scholars T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker have collected all the known WPA Oklahoma "slave narratives" in this volume for the first time - including fourteen never published before. Their careful editorial notes detail what is known about the interviewers and the process of preparing the narratives. The interviews were made in the late 1930s in Oklahoma. Although many African Americans had relocated there after emancipation in 1865, some interviewees had been slaves of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, or Creeks in the Indian Territory. Their narratives constitute important primary sources on the foodways, agricultural practices, and home life of Oklahoma Indians. This definitive, indexed edition will be an important resource for Oklahoma and Southwest historians as well as those interested in the history of African Americans, slavery, and Oklahoma's Five Tribes. For those studying the generation of African American men and women who over a century ago initiated black life in Oklahoma, the slave narratives are a major source of "collective memory."
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127927
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
"I never talk to nobody 'bout this" was the response of one aged African American when asked by a Works Project Administration field worker to share memories of his life in slavery and after emancipation. He and other ex-slaves were uncomfortable with the memories of a time when black and white lives were interwoven through human bondage. Yet the WPA field workers overcame the old people's reticence, and American West scholars T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker have collected all the known WPA Oklahoma "slave narratives" in this volume for the first time - including fourteen never published before. Their careful editorial notes detail what is known about the interviewers and the process of preparing the narratives. The interviews were made in the late 1930s in Oklahoma. Although many African Americans had relocated there after emancipation in 1865, some interviewees had been slaves of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, or Creeks in the Indian Territory. Their narratives constitute important primary sources on the foodways, agricultural practices, and home life of Oklahoma Indians. This definitive, indexed edition will be an important resource for Oklahoma and Southwest historians as well as those interested in the history of African Americans, slavery, and Oklahoma's Five Tribes. For those studying the generation of African American men and women who over a century ago initiated black life in Oklahoma, the slave narratives are a major source of "collective memory."
The WPA Slave Narratives of Oklahoma & Texas
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270204
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270204
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The WPA Slave Narratives of Oklahoma & Texas
Author: Works Progress Administration
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This unique and original compilation of Work Progress Administration slave narratives contains 145 slave narratives from the states of Oklahoma and Texas. Slave narratives from Oklahoma are difficult to obtain in print format and this title contains all of the narratives from the state. There are a vast amount of photographs included of the actual former slaves who were interviewed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This unique and original compilation of Work Progress Administration slave narratives contains 145 slave narratives from the states of Oklahoma and Texas. Slave narratives from Oklahoma are difficult to obtain in print format and this title contains all of the narratives from the state. There are a vast amount of photographs included of the actual former slaves who were interviewed.
Oklahoma Slave Narratives
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709022X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Autobiographical accounts of former slaves compiled in the 1930s by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709022X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Autobiographical accounts of former slaves compiled in the 1930s by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.
Texas Slave Narratives
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: North American Book Dist LLC
ISBN: 9781878592620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Publisher: North American Book Dist LLC
ISBN: 9781878592620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Oklahoma Slave Narratives
Author: Federal Writers' Project (Fwp)
Publisher: Native American Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781878592866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Oklahoma Slave Narratives contains a folk history of slavery in the United States from Interviews with former Oklahoma slaves.
Publisher: Native American Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781878592866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Oklahoma Slave Narratives contains a folk history of slavery in the United States from Interviews with former Oklahoma slaves.
Till Freedom Cried Out
Author: T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890967362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890967362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
The American Slave
Author: George P. Rawick
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
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Slave Narratives: Oklahoma slave narratives
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Texas Slave Narratives & Photographs
Author: Works Progress Administration
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270129
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Texas Slave Narratives & Photographs: A Traditional History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Illustrated with Photographs. Part 3 Authored by Works Progress Administration, Compiled by J. Mitchell MA, Interviewer Federal Writers' Project, Prepared for publication by Historic Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270129
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Texas Slave Narratives & Photographs: A Traditional History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Illustrated with Photographs. Part 3 Authored by Works Progress Administration, Compiled by J. Mitchell MA, Interviewer Federal Writers' Project, Prepared for publication by Historic Publishing