Real Voices
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Weren’t No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama
$16.95 Add to cartFrom 1936 to 1938, the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), a part of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration, hired writers, editors, and researchers to interview as many former slaves as they could
- Series: Real Voices, Real History Series
- Author: Williams, Horace Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 191
- Publish Date: February 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0895872846
- Language: English
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Chained to the Land: Voices from Cotton & Cane Plantations
$14.95 Add to cartDuring the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration sent workers to interview over 2,200 former slaves about their experiences during slavery and the time immediately after the Civil War. The intervie
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Tanner, Lynette Ater
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 03 2014
- ISBN10: 0895876264
- Language: English
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Voices from the Trail of Tears
$19.95 Add to cartDuring the first half of the 19th century, as many as 100,000 Native Americans were relocated west of the Mississippi River from their homelands in the East. The best known of these forced emigrations
- Series: Real Voices, Real History Series
- Author: Rozema, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0895872714
- Language: English
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Far More Terrible for Women: Personal Accounts of Women in Slavery
$16.95 Add to cartDe massa call me and tell me, “Woman, I’s pay big money for you, and I’s done dat ’cause I wants you to raise me chillum. I’s put you to live with Rufus for dat purpose. Now, if you doesn’t want whipp… [more below]
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Minges, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 219
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0895873230
- Language: English
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Voices from St. Simons: Personal Narratives of an Island’s Past
$22.95 Add to cartExcerpts from interviews with 17 people whose connection to St. Simons Island, GA, tells the story of the island’s heritage.
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Doster, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 259
- Publish Date: February 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0895873575
- Language: English
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Voices of Cherokee Women
$19.95 Read moreVoices of Cherokee Women is a compelling collection of first-person accounts by Cherokee women. It includes letters, diaries, newspaper articles, oral histories, ancient myths, and accounts by travele
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Johnston, Carolyn Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 295
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0895875993
- Language: English
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Black Indian Slave Narratives
$17.95 Add to cartFew people realize that Native Americans were enslaved right alongside the African Americans in this country. Fewer still realize that many Native Americans owned African Americans and Native American
- Series: Real Voices, Real History Series
- Author: Minges, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0895872986
- Language: English
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Voices from the Outer Banks
$12.95 Read moreJohn F. Blair, Publisher, continues its Real Voices, Real History(TM) series with Voices from the Outer Banks. This volume presents the actual words of the people who lived the uncommonly rich history
- Series: Real Voices, Real History
- Author: Kirk, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0895876442
- Language: English
