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Anthropology

cyclonefence

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1. Or listen to the slaves themselves

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 01:03 AM

Mar 2018

One of the greatest government-funded compilations of the Great Depression is a collection of statements by freed slaves. Someone understood that these people were going to die unheard unless someone recorded their stories. This is an incredibly important book, probably the most moving book I've ever read:

Bullwhip Days/The Slaves Remember/An Oral History

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Or listen to the slaves themselves cyclonefence Mar 2018 #1