Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama (Real Voices, Real History Series)
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Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama (Real Voices, Real History Series)
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Alabama was a frontier state. From the beginning, its economy was built on cotton and slavery and its laws were fashioned to accommodate both, which becomes obvious when related through the experiences of Alabama's slaves. A year after it obtained statehood, Alabama had a slave population of 41,879, as compared to 85,451 whites and 571 free blacks. By 1860, the slave population had swelled to 435,080, while there were 536,271 whites and 2,690 free blacks. When emancipation came to the slaves, Alabama's slave owners lost an estimated $200 million of capital.
These narratives will help readers understand slavery by hearing the voices of the people who lived it.
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