The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives - Softcover

T. Lindsay Baker (author) & Julie P. Baker (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806128593 ISBN 13: 9780806128597

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996

Synopsis

These are fascinating stories of the memories of ex-slaves, fourteen of which have never been published before. Although many African Americans had relocated in Oklahoma after emancipation in1865, some of the interviewees had been slaves of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, or Creeks in the Indian territory.

About this title

About the Author:

T. Lindsay Baker, who holds the W. K. Gordon Chair in Industrial History at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, is Director of the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History, Thurber, Texas, and editor of the Windmiller's Gazette. He is the author of A Field Guide to American Windmills and North American Windmill Manufacturers' Trade Literature: A Descriptive Guide.

Synopsis:

America's Work Project Administration conducted interviews during the late 1930s with African Americans concerning their life in slavery and after emancipation. This work provides a collection of the WPA "slave narratives" that were gathered in Oklahoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0806128593
• ISBN 13: 9780806128597
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544