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A collection of exceperts from a wide variety of slave narratives.
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"death's gwineter lay his cold icy hands on me", "dere's no hidin' place down here", "follow the drinkin' gourd", "go home to my lord and be free", "god's a-gwineter trouble de water", "like a motherless child", "my lord says he's gwineter rain down fire", "nobody knows de trouble i see", "oppressed so hard they could not stand", "we raise de wheat, dey gib us de corn", excerpts from slave narratives
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