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To Be a Slave

To Be a Slave

Julius Lester

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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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OL Work ID
OL29336736W

Subjects

Slavery, united statesAfrican americans, historySlavery, united states, juvenile literatureAfrican americans, languagesSlavery, united states, historyEnslaved persons, social conditionsSlave tradeEnslaved personsSlavesSocial conditionsBiographySlaveryCondition of slavesQuotations

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