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131. Re-Reading in the Present Tense: Analyzing the Archives of Slavery

Sunday, January 9, 8:30–10:30 a.m.

Sheraton, Aspen Room

  • Chair: Stephanie M. H. Camp, University of Washington Seattle

  • Papers: Re-Reading the Narrative of "Prince" Abd-al Rahman Ibrahima: Kinship, Community, and Identity in Natchez, Mississippi
    Timothy R. Buckner, University of Texas at Austin

    The WPA Interviews with Ex-Slaves and the Folk Historiography
    of Slavery

    Gregory P. Downs, University of Pennsylvania

    Reading in the Present Tense: WPA Slave Narratives and the Language of Jim Crow
    Deborah Ida Cane, Northwestern University

  • Comment: Michael Johnson, Johns Hopkins University
    Winthrop D. Jordan, University of Mississippi
   
     
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