My Life in the South
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Jacob Stroyer
(4,514 Sterne; 37 Bewertungen)
My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early childhood on the plantation up to his involvement in Confederacy's war effort and eventually his experience of becoming a free man. (2 hr 45 min)
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engrossing, moving account
Caroline
(5 Sterne)
Plain spoken, well read, authentic account of life in the south among captive slaves before and during the civil war by a self educated slave who survived to become a formally educated, ordained minister after the war.
A portrait of antebellum slavery
Jon B
(5 Sterne)
The stories within are often dreadful but also inspiring and sometimes humorous. Some readers shine more than others but they were all fairly clear and easy to listen to.