| The Wpa Oklahoma Slave Narratives Contributor(s): Baker, T. Lindsay (Author), Baker, Julie P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0806128593 ISBN-13: 9780806128597 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 95016222 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These are fascinating stories of the memories of ex-slaves, fourteen of which have never been published before. Although many African Americans had relocated in Oklahoma after emancipation in1865, some of the interviewees had been slaves of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, or Creeks in the Indian territory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, T. Lindsay: - T. Lindsay Baker, who holds the W. K. Gordon Chair in Industrial History at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, is Director of the W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History, Thurber, Texas, and editor of the Windmiller's Gazette. He is the author of A Field Guide to American Windmills and North American Windmill Manufacturers' Trade Literature: A Descriptive Guide. |