{"product_id":"we-lived-in-a-little-cabin-in-the-yard-personal-accounts-of-slavery-in-virginia","title":"We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Virginia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWe Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Virginia\u003c\/h1\u003eBelinda Hurmence,Belinda Hurmence\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Blair\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1 1994\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780895871183\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0895871181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project undertook a massive effort at gathering the oral testimony of former slaves. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose ex-slaves were in their declining years by the time of the Great Depression, but Elizabeth Sparks, Elige Davison, and others like them nonetheless provided a priceless record of life under the yoke: where slaves lived, how they were treated, what they ate, how they worked, how they adjusted to freedom. Here, Belinda Hurmence presents the interviews of 21 former Virginia slaves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a companion volume to Hurmence's popular collections of North Carolina and South Carolina slave narratives, \u003cem\u003eMy Folks Don't Want Me to Talk About Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBefore Freedom, When I Just Can Remember\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelinda Hurmence was born in Oklahoma, raised in Texas, and educated at the University of Texas and Columbia University. She has written several novels for young people, including \u003cem\u003eTough Tiffany\u003c\/em\u003e (an ALA Notable Book), \u003cem\u003eA Girl Called Boy\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Parents' Choice Award), \u003cem\u003eTancy\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of a Golden Kite Award), and \u003cem\u003eThe Nightwalker\u003c\/em\u003e. She now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391353323565,"sku":"WHS-b4d0d83da2064ac2baa5bcd13ebdab36","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_db842534-2aaf-43ba-a3dd-640ba4b1c291.jpg?v=1787353563","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/we-lived-in-a-little-cabin-in-the-yard-personal-accounts-of-slavery-in-virginia","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}