African American Voices
A Documentary Reader, 1619-1877
Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History
4. Edition February 2009
264 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4051-8267-6
John Wiley & Sons
A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that
places American slavery in comparative perspective.
* Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the
history of slavery in America
* Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews
with former slaves, and letters by African Americans that document
the experience of bondage
* Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection
* A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement the
written documents
* Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay
Introduction.
1. "Death's Gwineter Lay His Cold Hands on Me": Enslavement.
2. "God's A-Gwineter Trouble de Water": The Middle Passage andArrival.
3. "A Change is Gonna Come": Slavery in the Era of the AmericanRevolution.
4. "We Raise de Wheat, Dey Gib Us de Corn": Conditions ofLife.
5. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen":Visual History of Slavery.
6. "O Mother Don't You Weep": Women, Children, andFamilies.
7. "Go Home to My Lord and Be Free": Religion.
8. "Oppressed So Hard They Could Not Stand": Punishment.
9. "Let My People Go": Resistance and Flight.
10. "The Walls Came Tumblin' Down": Emancipation.
Bibliographical Essay.
Bibliography
1. "Death's Gwineter Lay His Cold Hands on Me": Enslavement.
2. "God's A-Gwineter Trouble de Water": The Middle Passage andArrival.
3. "A Change is Gonna Come": Slavery in the Era of the AmericanRevolution.
4. "We Raise de Wheat, Dey Gib Us de Corn": Conditions ofLife.
5. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen":Visual History of Slavery.
6. "O Mother Don't You Weep": Women, Children, andFamilies.
7. "Go Home to My Lord and Be Free": Religion.
8. "Oppressed So Hard They Could Not Stand": Punishment.
9. "Let My People Go": Resistance and Flight.
10. "The Walls Came Tumblin' Down": Emancipation.
Bibliographical Essay.
Bibliography
"African American Voices is a wonderfully conceptualized
compilation of first hand testimony on a broad range of topics
related to American slavery and slave resistance. It is an
enormously valuable contribution."
--James Oliver Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of
American Studies and History at George Washington University and
Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
of American History, co-author of Slavery and the Making of
America and co-editor of Slavery and Public History: The
Tough Stuff of American Memory
"African American Voices represents a remarkably
informative, deeply moving, very readable collection of key primary
documents on the history of slavery and freedom, thoughtfully
assembled and skillfully introduced by master historian Steven
Mintz. ... Highly recommended!"
--James Kirby Martin, Distinguished University
Professor of History, University of Houston, and editor of
Ordinary Courage (3rd edition, 2008)
"Steven Mintz combines a helpful discussion of slavery in the
western world with a collection of writings by or about African
Americans. This volume will engage the interest of college
students."
--Stanley Harrold, South Carolina State University, and
co-author (with Darlene Clark Hine and William Hine) of African
Americans: A Concise History (3rd edition)
"[A]n extraordinarily well-crafted tool both in the hands of
academic teachers and researchers. It sheds a light on all
essential aspects of African American history and culture up to the
inglorious end of Reconstruction and excels in providing coverage
of lesser known facets. With its comprehensive new introduction, it
also provides a new perspective on research problems in African
American history. ... [A] superb publication."
--Norbert Finzsch, University of Cologne, Germany
compilation of first hand testimony on a broad range of topics
related to American slavery and slave resistance. It is an
enormously valuable contribution."
--James Oliver Horton, Benjamin Banneker Professor of
American Studies and History at George Washington University and
Historian Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
of American History, co-author of Slavery and the Making of
America and co-editor of Slavery and Public History: The
Tough Stuff of American Memory
"African American Voices represents a remarkably
informative, deeply moving, very readable collection of key primary
documents on the history of slavery and freedom, thoughtfully
assembled and skillfully introduced by master historian Steven
Mintz. ... Highly recommended!"
--James Kirby Martin, Distinguished University
Professor of History, University of Houston, and editor of
Ordinary Courage (3rd edition, 2008)
"Steven Mintz combines a helpful discussion of slavery in the
western world with a collection of writings by or about African
Americans. This volume will engage the interest of college
students."
--Stanley Harrold, South Carolina State University, and
co-author (with Darlene Clark Hine and William Hine) of African
Americans: A Concise History (3rd edition)
"[A]n extraordinarily well-crafted tool both in the hands of
academic teachers and researchers. It sheds a light on all
essential aspects of African American history and culture up to the
inglorious end of Reconstruction and excels in providing coverage
of lesser known facets. With its comprehensive new introduction, it
also provides a new perspective on research problems in African
American history. ... [A] superb publication."
--Norbert Finzsch, University of Cologne, Germany
Steven Mintz is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, Moralists & Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers (1995). His most recent book, Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood, received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004.