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Slave Young, Slave Long: The American Slave Experience
88 pp.
| Lerner |
March, 1999 |
LibraryISBN 0-8225-1739-6$$16.95
(3)
4-6
In this commendable survey, Greene skillfully intersperses her clear, concise text with excerpts from slave narratives, diaries, and other archival sources. A note at the front of the book explains the development of the slave dialect contained in these quoted sources. Most of the sepia-toned photographs and illustrations inform the text well. Bib., ind.