Slavery Remembered

<p><i>Slavery Remembered</i> is the first major attempt to analyze the slave narratives gathered as part of the Federal Writers’ Project. Paul Escott’s sensitive examination of each of the nearly 2400 narratives and his quantitative analysis of the narratives as a whole eloquently present the differing beliefs and experiences of masters and slaves. The book describes slave attitudes and actions; slave-master relationships; the conditions of slave life including diet physical treatment working conditions housing forms of resistance and black overseers; slave cultural institutions; status distinctions among slaves; experiences during the Civil War and Reconstruction; and the subsequent life histories of the former slaves.<br/><br/>An important contribution to the study of American slavery <i>Slavery Remembered</i> is an ideal classroom text for American history surveys as well as more specialized courses.</p>