Bullwhip Days The Slaves Remember, an Oral History

In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration commissioned an oral history of the remaining former slaves.Bullwhip Daysis 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.Mellon, James is the author of 'Bullwhip Days The Slaves Remember, an Oral History', published 2002 under ISBN 9780802138682 and ISBN 0802138683.