Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1970. With new pref.
Contains additional chapter, "Ex-slave interviews and the historiography of slavery," originally published in 1984 in American quarterly. - Inhalt: Background of the Slave Narrative Collection 339 -- Ex-Slave Interviews and the Historiography of Slavery 357 -- Appendix I Narratives in the Slave Narrative Collection by State 387 -- Appendix II Race of Interviewers 388.
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