Recollections of a Former Slave
James Lindsay Smith
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Recollections of a Former Slave

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Floggings, undernourishment, overwork, substandard housing, humiliation, physical and psychological abuse of every sort — these were standard features of a slave's life in the American South for centuries until the end of the Civil War. In this day and age — when stories about cruelty to animals causes widespread outrage — it may be difficult for most Americans to realize that such gross mistreatment of human beings was tolerated without a second thought only some one hundred and fifty years ago. Documents such as this memoir by former slave James L. Smith provide valuable and undeniable...