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The New Press - Remembering Slavery African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation - Paperback

The New Press - Remembering Slavery African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation - Paperback

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Description: The groundbreaking bestselling history of slavery with a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winning historian Annette Gordon - Reed As vital and necessary a historical document as anyone has ever produced in this country. The Boston Globe With the publication of the 1619 Project and the national reckoning over racial inequality the story of slavery has gripped America's imagination and conscience once again. No group of people better understood the power of slavery's legacies than the last generation of American people who had lived as slaves. Little - known before the first publication of Remembering Slavery over two decades ago their memories were recorded on paper and in some cases on primitive recording devices by WP a workers in the 1930s. A major publishing event Remembering Slavery captured these extraordinary voices in a single volume for the first time presenting them as an unprecedented first - person history of slavery in America. Remembering Slavery received the kind of commercial attention seldom accorded projects of this nature nationwide reviews as well as extensive coverage on prime - time television including Good Morning America Nightline CBS Sunday Morning and CNN. Reviewers called the book chilling and riveting (Publishers Weekly) and something truly truly new (The Village Voice). With a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winning scholar Annette Gordon - Reed this new edition of Remembering Slavery is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand one of the most basic and essential chapters in our collective history. With the publication of the 1619 Project and the national reckoning over racial inequality the story of slavery has gripped America's imagination and conscience once again. No group of people better understood the power of slavery's legacies than the last generation of American people who had lived as slaves. Little - known before the first publication of Remembering Slavery over two decades ago their memories were recorded on paper and in some cases on primitive recording devices by WP a workers in the 1930s. A major publishing event Remembering Slavery captured these extraordinary voices in a single volume for the first time presenting them as an unprecedented first - person history of slavery in America. Remembering Slavery received the kind of commercial attention seldom accorded projects of this nature nationwide reviews as well as extensive coverage on prime - time television including Good Morning America Nightline CBS Sunday Morning and CNN. Reviewers called the book chilling and riveting (Publishers Weekly) and something truly truly new (The Village Voice). With a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winning scholar Annette Gordon - Reed this new edition of Remembering Slavery is an essential text for anyone seeking to understand one of the most basic and essential chapters in our collective history.
Title: Remembering Slavery African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation
Brand: The New Press
Barcode: 9781620970287
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Category: Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
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