Patrick Minges

I liked that there was minimal "analysis" of the narratives. The words spoke for themselves. The author/collector added a few historical notes and occasionally clarified odd phrases or unusual words but left the interpretation of the slave/Indian stories up to the reader.

This was interesting, but hard to read at times because of the way that all of the slang words were written. I am from South Alabama, so I speak and understand southern & "country" slang very well. I still had to slow down to read parts of this book. These are the personal stories of women who were previously slaves. The stories are often sad, but sometimes happy. It is an interesting book for anyone interested in history or the history of slavery.

Harrowing but well done.
This is primarily using slave narratives taken by the fwp.