The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives T. Lindsay Baker

Name: The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives By T. Lindsay Baker
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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.

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The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives by T. Lindsay Baker

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 T. Lindsay Baker

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.

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Sku

NPB9780806128597

ISBN 13

9780806128597

ISBN 10

0806128593

Title

The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives by T. Lindsay Baker

Author

T. Lindsay Baker

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Year published

1996-03-30

Number of pages

544

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