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Setting out to correct the inaccuracies of most previously written accounts of slavery, teacher and social activist Octavia Albert presents the personal narratives of former slaves, along with her own incisive commentary. Like many antebellum slave narratives, her early interviews depict... read more

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NONE but those who resided in the South during the time of slavery can realize the terrible punishments that were visited upon the slaves.

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This book is in The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. (edition-based publisher list)

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  1. Octavia V. Rogers Albert (Author)

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  1. american history
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