Former slaves themselves--an important but long-neglected source of information about the institution of Slavery in the United States.
She now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina..
She has also edited We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard and Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember , companion volumes to this book.
She has written several novels for young people, including Tough Tiffany (an ALA Notable Book), A Girl Called Boy (winner of the Parents\' Choice Award), Tancy (winner of a Golden Kite Award), and The Nightwalker .
Belinda Hurmence was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and educated at the University of Texas and Columbia University.
Belinda Hurmence pored over each of the North Carolina narratives, compiling and editing 21 of the first-person Accounts for this collection.
More than 170 interviews were conducted in North Carolina.
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.
Former slaves themselves--an important but long-neglected source of information about the institution of Slavery in the United States
