Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: North American Book Dist LLC
ISBN: 9781878592620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1100

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Author: Works Progress Administration
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270129
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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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

Author: Ronnie C. Tyler
Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Many defenders of slavery have maintained that the slaves in Texas were well-treated and happy, but as a former slave remarked, "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is--'tis he who has endured." Here are the tales of those who have endured--a collection of the voices of the ex- slaves themselves, recalling what their lives were like under slavery. Over one hundred former slaves describe their slavemasters, their work, runaway slaves, their recollections of the Civil War and, finally, the coming of freedom. The narratives were collected by WPA interviewers in the late 1930s and subsequently edited by Ron Tyler and Lawrence R. Murphy. The Slave Narratives of Texas is a highly informative and readable book that provides a valuable history of the institution of slavery in Texas. It is also a profoundly moving text which yields great insight into the full impact of slavery upon human lives.

Author: United States Work Projects Administration
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465612165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1556

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"My folks allus belongs to the Cavins and wore their name till after 'mancipation. Pa and ma was named Freeman and Amelia Cavin and Massa Dave fotches them to Texas from Alabama, along with ma's mother, what we called Maria. "The Cavins allus thunk lots of their niggers and Grandma Maria say, 'Why shouldn't they—it was their money.' She say there was plenty Indians here when they settled this country and they bought and traded with them without killin' them, if they could. The Indians was poor folks, jus' pilfer and loaf 'round all the time. The niggers was a heap sight better off than they was, 'cause we had plenty to eat and a place to stay. "Young Massa Tom was my special massa and he still lives here. Old Man Dave seemed to think more of his niggers than anybody and we thunk lots of our white folks. My pa was leader on the farm, and there wasn't no overseer or driver. When pa whip a nigger he needn't go to Massa Dave, but pa say, 'Go you way, you nigger. Freeman didn't whip you for nothin'.' Massa Dave allus believe pa, 'cause he tells the truth. "One time a peddler come to our house and after supper he goes to see 'bout his pony. Pa done feed that pony fifteen ears of corn. The peddler tell massa his pony ain't been fed nothin', and massa git mad and say, 'Be on you way iffen you gwine 'cuse my niggers of lyin'.' "We had good quarters and plenty to eat. I 'members when I's jus' walkin' round good pa come in from the field at night and taken me out of bed and dress me and feed me and then play with me for hours. Him bein' leader, he's gone from 'fore day till after night. The old heads got out early but us young scraps slep' till eight or nine o'clock, and don't you think Massa Dave ain't comin' round to see we is fed. I 'members him like it was yest'day, comin' to the quarters with his stick and askin' us, 'Had your breakfas'?' We'd say, 'Yes, suh.' Then he'd ask if we had 'nough or wanted any more. It look like he taken a pleasure in seein' us eat. At dinner, when the field hands come in, it am the same way. He was sho' that potlicker was fill as long as the niggers want to eat. "The hands worked from sun to sun. Massa give them li'l crops and let them work them on Saturday. Then he bought the stuff and the niggers go to Jefferson and buy clothes and sech like. Lots saved money and bought freedom 'fore the war was over. "We went to church and first the white preacher preached and then he larns our cullud preachers. I seed him ordain a cullud preacher and he told him to allus be honest. When the white preacher laid his hand on him, all the niggers git to hollerin' and shoutin' and prayin' and that nigger git scart mos' to death.

Author: Ronald E. Goodwin
Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN: 9781933337470
Category : Slave narratives
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Buoyed by the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, historians began reevaluating previously held beliefs of American slavery. Under particular scrutiny was the belief in slavery's paternalistic benevolence. Remembering the Days of Sorrow is not another attempt to revise this outdated perception justifying slavery. Others have already done that. As part of the New Deal's national agenda of work relief programs, the Slave Narratives project provided employment while simultaneously preserving the memories of former slaves throughout the country. Remembering the Days of Sorrow allows the voices of Texas's former slaves to resonate to a new generation as they remembered what it was like to suffer under the yoke of slavery as well as the yoke of old age and poverty in the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270228
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A collection of first-hand narratives of ex-slaves in Texas gathered by the Work Projects Administration between 1936 and 1938.

Author: Federal Writers' Project (Fwp)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780403030330
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526

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Texas Slave Narratives contains a folk history of slavery in the United States from Interviews with former Texas slaves.

Author: Federal Writers' Project (Fwp)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780403030323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618

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Texas Slave Narratives contains a folk history of slavery in the United States from Interviews with former Texas slaves.

Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Works Progress Administration
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642270297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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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.