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To Be a Slave

by Julius Lester

Slavery, united statesAfrican americans, historySlavery, united states, juvenile literatureAfrican americans, languagesSlavery, united states, historyEnslaved persons, social conditionsSlave tradeEnslaved persons

A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.

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Book data: Open Library