ABSTRACT
This talk was intended to be a work in progress; it was written as a workshop piece with no intention of publication. It therefore lacks a wide research base, and those interested in the history of Afro-American women, their experience of slavery and accounts of their lives through oral history, should consult the bibliography at the end of this piece. Moreoever, as the historiography of this topic continues to expand at a rapid rate, this work, like the bibliography, may well be outdated. It merely attempts to bring to the attention of a wider audience the existence of one significant oral history project on the lives of Afro-American women. In addition, this piece is a shortened version of the talk presented at the conference.
