Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
This account, recorded as part of the Federal Writers' Project, describes life as a Texas slave - the family relations, entertainment, religion, work on the plantations, food-ways, and punishment. For decades the bondage of black slaves to white masters was part of everyday life in Texas, and by the eve of the Civil War almost one-third of the total population consisted of slaves.
Most works about slavery have been written from the white viewpoint, since most slaves were kept illiterate. This collection offers a clear-eyed perspective on this institution from the slaves themselves - their recollections from being sold away from their parents, suffering the pain of the overseers' lash, and being chosen to gratify masters' desires, to finding emotional release in religious services, appreciating music and dancing, and enjoying a brief escape to the woods.
Vignettes of daily life are sensitively brought to life in the skilled drawings of artist Kermit Oliver. Enriched by these illustrations and by an introduction and postscript commentary by editors T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker, Till Freedom Cried Out presents vivid memories of lives and times inside the bonds of an institution that tried to break the tellers' bodies and souls.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
State & Local, History, History & Archaeology, Plantages, United States - General, Interviews, Slavery, Plantation life, Sklave, General, Slaves, Slavernij, Regions & Countries - Americas, Oral history, Slavery, united states, history, Texas, history, Slaves, united statesTimes
19th centuryEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Till Freedom Cried Out: Memories of Texas Slave Life (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series, No 6)
February 1997, Texas A&M University Press
Hardcover
in English
0890967369 9780890967362
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Till Freedom Cried Out: Memories of Texas Slave Life
1997, Texas A&M University Press
in English
0585381178 9780585381176
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Internet Archive item recordLibrary of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
amazon.com record
marc_columbia MARC record
Work Description
The 32 reminiscences presented here provide insight into the lives of the enslaved, including recollections of being sold away from parents, suffering harsh punishment by overseers, and living in misery.
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?August 6, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
May 25, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 16, 2020 | Created by ImportBot | import existing book |