Mamma always had a way of treating everyone as a member of her own family, of giving warmth and comfort and love to people who had known little but loneliness a

After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the living former slav

In 'Dem Days Was Hell', the Work Projects Administration presents a collection of recorded testimonies from former slaves in 17 U.S. states. This powerful book