The Heir of Slaves; an Autobiography

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Heir of Slaves; an Autobiography by William Pickens. Read in English by James K. White. In the first of two autobiographies, Pickens describes his early life struggling to help his family free themselves from a system of tenant farming otherwise known as "debt slavery" or "share cropping" in South Carolina and Arkansas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He tells how once permitted to attend school, he excelled and eventually completed a degree at Yale. (Summary by James K. White) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (57MB)

Directors & creators

William Pickens

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;debt slavery; african-american experience

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