Nearly 10 years ago, The New Press published this book and tape set that offered a startling first-person history of slavery in the US. Using excerpts from the thousands of interviews conducted with ex-slaves in the 1930s, the astonishing tapes were the only known recordings of people who actually experienced enslavement. Now this groundbreaking set is available for a new generatoin of readers and listeners, offering remastered compact discs in MP3 format of the extensive original live recordings.
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"This project will enrich every American home and classroom."
-Publishers Weekly
"As vital and necessary a historical document as anyone has ever produced in this country."
?The Boston Globe
"Moving recollections fill a void in the slavery literature."
?The Washington Post Book World
"Ira Berlin's fifty-page introduction is as good a synthesis of current scholarship as one will find, with fresh insights for any reader."
?The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Invaluable."
?Chicago Tribune
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-59558-228-7 (9781595582287)
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