Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana
By Ronald L. Baker.
Description
Homeless, Friendless, and PennilessThe WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in IndianaRonald L. BakerLives of former slaves in their own words, published for the first time.Based on a collection of interviews conducted in the late 1930s, Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless is an invaluable record of the lives and thoughts of former slaves who moved to Indiana after the Civil War and made significant contributions to the evolving patchwork of Hoosier culture.The Indiana slave narratives provide a glimpse of slavery as remembered by those who experienced it, preserving insiders’ vie...
ISBN(s)
0253338034, 9780253338037
