Till Freedom Cried out: Memories of Texas Slave Life

Author:   T. Baker ,  T.Lindsay Baker ,  Julie P. Baker
Publisher:   Texas A & M University Press
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9780890967362


Pages:   162
Publication Date:   30 June 2006
Format:   Hardback
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Till Freedom Cried out: Memories of Texas Slave Life


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"""I's born in Palestine Texas. I don't know how old I is. I was 9 years old when freedom cried out."" These poignant words begin the memories of a former Texas slave interviewed by W.P.A. field workers in Oklahoma during the 1930s. This account, along with thirty-two additional oral histories recorded as part of the Federal Writers' Project, describes life as a Texas slave--the family relations, entertainment, religion, work on the plantations, foodways, 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 an 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."

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Author:   T. Baker ,  T.Lindsay Baker ,  Julie P. Baker
Publisher:   Texas A & M University Press
Imprint:   Texas A & M University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 26.70cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9780890967362


ISBN 10:   0890967369
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   30 June 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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. . . what makes this monograph so exciting and fascinating is that the authors have provided commentary upon the genesis of the interviews, who conducted them along with their color, and the editing process from which they emerged.--Barry A. Crouch -- Barry A. Crouch . . . what makes this monograph so exciting and fascinating is that the authors have provided commentary upon the genesis of the interviews, who conducted them along with their color, and the editing process from which they emerged. --Barry A. Crouch


. . . what makes this monograph so exciting and fascinating is that the authors have provided commentary upon the genesis of the interviews, who conducted them along with their color, and the editing process from which they emerged. --Barry A. Crouch -- Barry A. Crouch


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T. Lindsay Baker has written many books on western and Texas history and material culture. He is director of academic programs and graduate studies for the Department of Museum Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.Julie P. Baker received her master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. She is the director of the Layland Museum in Cleburne, Texas.Kermit Oliver, who received his bachelor's degree from Texas Southern University in 1967, has illustrated two previous books. He lives and works in Waco.

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