Spencer R. Crew, PhD, is Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, and coeditor of Greenwood's Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.Lonnie G. Bunch III is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, and coeditor of Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.Clement A. Price, PhD, is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor in History, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, and coeditor of Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.

"Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students." - Choice

• PrefaceIntroduction: The History of the Slave NarrativesInterviewing Formerly Enslaved PeopleControversy over Use of the NarrativesGrowing Respect for Oral HistoriesChronology of Slavery in the United StatesChapter 1: The Community and Culture of the EnslavedReligious ServicesWorshipping in SecretImportant HolidaysCorn Huskings and FrolicsWeddingsFuneralsMusicChapter 2: The Hardships of an Enslaved ChildhoodFamilial BondsThe Slaveholder as Surrogate ParentDay-to-Day Care of Enslaved ChildrenTransition from Childhood to Productive WorkerChildhood Games (The Chance to Just Be a Child)Chapter 3: The Family Under SlaveryChallenges of Marriage for the EnslavedLoss of Family Members: Separation of Couples and FamiliesMixed Family: White FatherProviding Support for Family MembersPreserving Family HistoryChapter 4: Women and EnslavementThe Workday for Enslaved WomenEnslaved Women and Their FamiliesEnslaved Women and MarriageSexual Imposition and Enslaved WomenChapter 5: Work and SlaveryField WorkersDomestic WorkersSkilled WorkersHiring Out Enslaved WorkersChapter 6: Physical Abuse and IntimidationPunishing Field WorkersPunishing Domestic WorkersCrushing Signs of RebelliousnessChapter 7: Runaways and the Quest for FreedomReasons for Deciding to RunCrafting a Plan of EscapeFleeing Not Too Far DistantDiscouraging FreedomThe Impact of the Civil WarEmancipationAppendix: Historians' Views on Slavery: An Overview for the Advanced ReaderRecommended ResourcesIndex

Spencer R. Crew, PhD, is Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, and coeditor of Greenwood's Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.Lonnie G. Bunch III is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, and coeditor of Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.Clement A. Price, PhD, is Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor in History, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, and coeditor of Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project.

"Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students." - Choice

• PrefaceIntroduction: The History of the Slave NarrativesInterviewing Formerly Enslaved PeopleControversy over Use of the NarrativesGrowing Respect for Oral HistoriesChronology of Slavery in the United StatesChapter 1: The Community and Culture of the EnslavedReligious ServicesWorshipping in SecretImportant HolidaysCorn Huskings and FrolicsWeddingsFuneralsMusicChapter 2: The Hardships of an Enslaved ChildhoodFamilial BondsThe Slaveholder as Surrogate ParentDay-to-Day Care of Enslaved ChildrenTransition from Childhood to Productive WorkerChildhood Games (The Chance to Just Be a Child)Chapter 3: The Family Under SlaveryChallenges of Marriage for the EnslavedLoss of Family Members: Separation of Couples and FamiliesMixed Family: White FatherProviding Support for Family MembersPreserving Family HistoryChapter 4: Women and EnslavementThe Workday for Enslaved WomenEnslaved Women and Their FamiliesEnslaved Women and MarriageSexual Imposition and Enslaved WomenChapter 5: Work and SlaveryField WorkersDomestic WorkersSkilled WorkersHiring Out Enslaved WorkersChapter 6: Physical Abuse and IntimidationPunishing Field WorkersPunishing Domestic WorkersCrushing Signs of RebelliousnessChapter 7: Runaways and the Quest for FreedomReasons for Deciding to RunCrafting a Plan of EscapeFleeing Not Too Far DistantDiscouraging FreedomThe Impact of the Civil WarEmancipationAppendix: Historians' Views on Slavery: An Overview for the Advanced ReaderRecommended ResourcesIndex