Since the first Africans were brought to Thirteen Colonies in 1619 until the last achieved freedom in 1865, African-Americans sought to tell their stories. The majority, lawfully denied education, told their stories through the oral tradition within the African-American sub-culture. Others dictated their life story to abolitionist who used ex-slave’s experiences to highlight the cruelty and […]

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