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Before Freedom, When I Just Can Remember: Twenty-Seven Oral Histories of Former South Carolina Slaves
by (Editor: Belinda Hurmence)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher (1989-04)
ISBN: 089587069X
EAN: 9780895870698
Dewy Decimal #: 975.700496073022
Paperback: 135 pages
SKU: 29565
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: THE SOFTBACK BOOK! BLAIR, 1989, 1998. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. REPRINT. SAME COVER PICTURE. SOFTCOVER BOOK AND PAGES ARE IN FINE CONDITION! LOOKS NEW! Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail. YW.
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Customer Reviews
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Could have been better
Rating  (3)
Date: 2003-07-04
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read the original South Carolina Volumes of the WPA Slave Narratives that this book was edited from. This book could have been a whole lot better. While the current editor did a good job of making the SC African-American dialect more accessible to lay readers (even she admits to having trouble with printed versions of this dialect), many of the better stories were either highly edited or left out, such as Elijah Green's Reconstruction Narrative that was heavily edited and Isreal Nesbitt's recollections of the Vesey Rebellion, which aren't included.However, to the layman and non-historian, this is a good start in understanding slavery from the sources. Some interesting stories do remain, such as the Union County narrative about the Ku Klux Klan. So it's good for starters. The Tennessee and Georgia anthologies in this series are better, though.
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Before Freedom by Belinda Hurmence
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-05-22
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was given to me by my social studies teacher as an extra credit reading assignment, so I read it just for the credit thinking that I would hate it. Little did I know how many metaphors and parallels to my life I would find. When I finished the book, I could not believe what some slaves had gone through. There were many theories that came out of this book, including that for many slaves, freedom was a two-edged sword. Yet to figure out what I mean by that, you will have to read the book yourself! I would strongly recommend this book to any 8th grade social studies teachers teaching the Civil War who want to make an impact on their students and wake them up to realize that history repeats itself and that the "killing of an old person is like the burning of a book in a library" - Mrs. Mahoney (my awesome 8th grade social studies teacher)!
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Want to know what slavery was like? Ask a former slave.
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-10-27
16 out of 17 customers found this reveiw helpful
A fantastic book that reveals the details of slave life through personal interviews of former slaves. Throw away the history books, forget what you learned in social studies, this is real. The book is printed using the dialects of the interviewees, so you almost feel as if you can hear the person speaking. A great read. Difficult to put it down once you pick it up.
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Very good representation of what slaves thought
Rating (5)
Date: 1999-04-19
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was a very realistic view into the lives of slaves. I have gotten a better feel for the lives slaves through this book more than any other. It is well put together.
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I thought that this book was great . It was educational
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-12-08
Belinda Hurmence is a excilent editor. It was a great idea to have this book published. It describes a lot of interesting situations. If you like books on slavery buy this one You will learn alot on the subject.
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