Description: Truth Be Told is an audio original collection of compelling primary source documents written by 19th century Black women along with author Erica Armstrong Dunbar's own context, insights, and story-telling talent. The collection is comprised of the following three stories: 1) "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" 2) "Reminiscences" 3) "Southern Horrors"
Brief description:
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University. She also serves as director of the program in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia. She is the author of A Fragile Freedom, Sweet Buds of Promise, and Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, which was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and a winner of the 2018 Frederick Douglass Book Award.