LISTSERV - VA-HIST Archives - LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

VA-HIST Archives

Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history

VA-HIST@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

	LISTSERV Archives
	VA-HIST Home

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Forum View Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	Re: Slave Narrative for WPA Project
From:	Basil Forest <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:21:06 EST
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (17 lines)

I am surprised that many historians writing on the slave period in America  
fail to acknowledge the existence of these narratives as evidence of the other  
side of slavery.  I will have to reread John Hope Franklin's work to see if  
he mentions it.
 
Let us not forget the possibility that slaves were conscientious and worked  
hard out of a sense of duty and gratitude rather than fear.  I  get this sense 
from Ira Berlin's Generations of Captivity.  Moreover, three  squares and a 
place to live is some incentive as well.  The true story is  obviously 
somewhere between Heaven and Hell.
<BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free 
email to everyone.  Find out more about what's free from AOL at 
http://www.aol.com.

To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US