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- American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: DocSouth Books
summary
Compiled by a prominent abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld, American Slavery As It Is combines information taken from witnesses, and from active and former slave owners, to generate a condemnation of slavery from both those who observed it and those who perpetuated it. The narrative describes the appalling day-to-day conditions of the over 2,700,000 men, women and children in slavery in the United States. Weld demonstrates how even prisoners--in the United States and in other countries--were significantly better fed than American slaves. Readers will find one of the most meticulous records of slave life available in this text. Unlike personal slave narratives, which focus on a single man or woman's experience, American Slavery details the overall conditions of slaves across multiple states and several years.
A DOCSOUTH BOOK. This collaboration between UNC Press and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library brings classic works from the digital library of Documenting the American South back into print. DocSouth Books uses the latest digital technologies to make these works available in paperback and e-book formats. Each book contains a short summary and is otherwise unaltered from the original publication. DocSouth Books provide affordable and easily accessible editions to a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers.
A DOCSOUTH BOOK. This collaboration between UNC Press and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library brings classic works from the digital library of Documenting the American South back into print. DocSouth Books uses the latest digital technologies to make these works available in paperback and e-book formats. Each book contains a short summary and is otherwise unaltered from the original publication. DocSouth Books provide affordable and easily accessible editions to a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers.
Table of Contents
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- About This Edition
- pp. 3-5
- INTRODUCTION.
- pp. 17-23
- PERSONAL NARRATIVES.
- pp. 24-26
- NARRATIVE OF MR. CAULKINS.
- pp. 26-41
- TESTIMONY OF MR. WILLIAM POE.
- pp. 65-68
- PRIVATIONS OF THE SLAVES.
- II. LABOR. THE SLAVES ARE OVERWORKED.
- pp. 88-101
- III. CLOTHING.
- pp. 102-108
- PERSONAL NARRATIVES—PART II.
- PUNISHMENTS.
- pp. 166-238
- PERSONAL NARRATIVES—PART III.
- TESTIMONY OF MR. ELEAZAR POWELL.
- pp. 253-256
- TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH IDE, ESQ.
- pp. 259-260
- TESTIMONY OF REV. PHINEAS SMITH.
- pp. 261-262
- TESTIMONY OF PHILEMON BLISS, ESQ.
- pp. 263-269
- TESTIMONY OF REV. WILLIAM A. CHAPIN.
- pp. 270-271
- TESTIMONY OF A CLERGYMAN.
- pp. 276-281
- OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED.
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469602875
Related ISBN(s)
9780807869574, 9780807869581, 9798890843241
MARC Record
OCLC
769189701
Pages
552
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No