African American Voices: The Life Cycle of Slavery

by Virginia Bernhard, David Burner, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

The 58 selections in this volume cover the history of slavery in America, moving from memories of growing up in Africa to the trials of the Middle Passage, the horrors of the auction block, the sustaining forces of family and religions, acts of resistance, and the meaning of the Civil War and emancipation, presenting 300 years in the collective life cycle of an enslaved people. Mintz's extensive introduction is followed by substantial excerpts from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881089029
• ISBN13: 9781881089025
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.