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- GLC#
- GLC09946
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1885
- Author/Creator
- Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908
- Title
- My Life in the South
- Place Written
- Salem, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 83 p. :
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
One book entitled My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer published 1885. The first section of the narrative covers Stroyer's fifteen years in slavery. It provides information about his family, describes life at his master's summer seat, and discusses the physical abuse he endured at the hands of the Singleton plantation's overseer. Stroyer also discusses the emotional strain that the slave trade put on his and other slave families. The rest of the narrative is a series of brief anecdotes about slave life, culture, beliefs, and interactions with masters and slaves.
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