In White America

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1028084 Item available
Creators & Publishers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Metadata
Collection
Regular item
Year
1964
Description

In this ensemble  play, Martin Duberman weaves together original source documents, beginning with the slave trade and up to 1964.  Material is taken from speeces, letters, diaries, and news reports,, and other documents.  It includes Thomas Jefferson's views on slavery, conversations of slaves before and after they were freed, a defense of lynching by a former South Carolina governor, and more.