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In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro 1619-1865
In Their Own Words A History of the American Negro 16191865 Author:Milton Meltzer (Editor) This is a stirring and important book, filled with voices of grief, protest, and exultation. Mr. Meltzer has compiled, from contemporary letters, newspapers, books, and journals, a unique history of the American Negro, a history related by the men and women who lived it. — From the harrowing voyage of a slave ship to the jubilee day of Emancipati... more »on, dramatic and significant events in the chronicle are described by the participants. More clearly than any conventional narrative, these documents show what the American Negro thought and suffered in the terrible years that led up to the Civil War. No one can fail to be moved by these authentic pictures of a tragic and heroic side of American life.« less