Remembering Slavery by Ira Berlin

Remembering Slavery by Ira Berlin

In 1998, The New Press published Remembering Slavery, a book-and-tape set that offered a startling first-person history of slavery. Using excerpts from the thousands of interviews conducted with ex-slaves in the 1930s by researchers working with the Federal Writers' Project, the astonishing audiotapes made available the only known recordings of people who actually experienced enslavement—recordings that had gathered dust in the Library of Congress until they were rendered audible for the first time specifically for this set.

Remembering Slavery received the kind of commercial attention seldom accorded projects of this nature—nationwide critical and review coverage as well as extensive coverage on prime-time television, including Good Morning America, Nightline, CBS Sunday Morning, and CNN. Reviewers called the set “chilling … [and] riveting” (Publishers Weekly) and “something, truly, truly new” (The Village Voice).

Now the groundbreaking book component of the set is available for a new generation of readers.

"This project will enrich every American home and classroom"
—Publishers Weekly

"As vital and necessary a historical document as anyone has ever produced in this country."
—The Boston Globe

"Moving recollections fill a void in the slavery literature."
—The Washington Post Book World

"Ira Berlin's fifty-page introduction is as good a synthesis of current scholarship as one will find, with fresh insights for any reader."
—The San Diego Union-Tribune

"Invaluable."
—Chicago Tribune

At the University of Maryland, College Park, Ira Berlin was a Distinguished University Professor.

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ISBN 13	9781565845879
ISBN 10	1565845870
Title	Remembering Slavery
Author	Ira Berlin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The New Press
Year published	2000-04-01
Number of pages	410
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.