Slavery - Social Sciences, Slavery & Abolitionism - African American History, Slave Narratives & Biographies, 18th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration commissioned an oral history of the remaining former slaves. Bullwhip Days is a remarkable compendium of selections from these extraordinary interviews, providing an unflinching portrait of the world of government-sanctioned slavery of Africans in America. Here are twenty-nine full narrations, as well as nine sections of excerpts related to particular aspects of slave life, from religion to plantation life to the Reconstruction era. Skillfully edited, these chronicles bear eloquent witness to the trials of slaves in America, reveal the wide range of conditions of human bondage, and provide sobering insight into the roots of racism in today's society. "Remarkably articulate ... vivid, moving, and often beautifully cadenced." — The New Yorker "A rich source of cultural information.... Eloquent and important." — The New York TimesEditorials
Publishers Weekly -
``Twenty-nine oral histories and additional excerpts, selected from 2000 interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s for a WPA Federal Writers Project, document the conditions of slavery that, Mellon maintains, lie at the root of today's racism,'' reported PW. Photos. (Aug.)Book Details
Published
August 1, 1990
Publisher
New York : Avon, 1990.
Pages
460
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780380708840