Record #:

4737

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

Recently, historian David Cecelski discovered the only known copy of Allen Parker's Recollections of Slavery Times in the Illinois State Historical Library at Springfield. Parker, a slave in eastern Carolina, told his story in 1895, while living in Worcester, Massachusetts. Cecelski uses Parker's text to describe how slaves lived their daily lives.

Source:

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , High Season 2000, p26-29, il

Subject(s):

Parker, Allen, 1838-1906; Slaves--North Carolina, Eastern; Slaves' writings, American