perhaps someone here from U.Va. can fill me in on this and share with  
the group- last week I read online that U.Va. has acquired an  
extremely rare copy of the published autobiography of a slave who  
made his way to Canada. It sounded quite interesting, but now I can't  
find the website where I read it. Since he was in another country  
altogether and writing his own life, not telling a white face 'from  
the government', it might give a more honest picture of what his  
life, at least, was like. As I recall, it will be available for  
reading at U.Va. and they hope to publish it in the future.

Thanks,

Nancy

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On Mar 2, 2007, at 8:05 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> After reading all the slave narratives, I am struck by the weight of
> evidence that the vast majority of the former slaves interviewed  
> thought with
> kindness and nostalgia about their life in slavery.  It appears  
> that few
> immediately left their plantations after the war, but chose to  
> continue to live  with
> their masters.
>
> Question-Do any of the educators in this forum who teach  history  
> during this
> period mention the alternative view that perhaps the  majority of  
> slaves were
> treated well and were not unhappy with their  status?  Just curious.
>
> JD South
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