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My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk about Slavery - by Belinda Hurmence (Paperback)

My Folks Don't Want Me to Talk about Slavery - by  Belinda Hurmence (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>This volume offers 21 narratives from more than 170 interviews conducted with former slaves in North Carolina.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Former slaves themselves--an important but long-neglected source of information about the institution of slavery in the United States. Who could better describe what slavery was like than the people who experienced it? And describe it they did, in thousands of remarkable interviews sponsored by the Federal Writers' Project during the 1930s. More than 170 interviews were conducted in North Carolina. Belinda Hurmence pored over each of the North Carolina narratives, compiling and editing 21 of the first-person accounts for this collection.</p> <p>Belinda Hurmence was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and educated at the University of Texas and Columbia University. She has written several novels for young people, including <em>Tough Tiffany</em> (an ALA Notable Book), <em>A Girl Called Boy</em> (winner of the Parents' Choice Award), <em>Tancy</em> (winner of a Golden Kite Award), and <em>The Nightwalker</em>.</p> <p>She has also edited <em>We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard</em> and <em>Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember</em>, companion volumes to this book. She now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Belinda Hurmence was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and educated at the University of Texas and Columbia University. She has written several novels for young people, including <em>Tough Tiffany</em> (an ALA Notable Book), <em>A Girl Called Boy</em> (winner of the Parents' Choice Award), <em>Tancy</em> (winner of a Golden Kite Award), and <em>The Nightwalker</em>.</p> <p>She has also edited <em>We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard</em> and <em>Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember</em>, companion volumes to this book. She now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p>

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