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The pain of slavery echoes through James Green's plainspoken words. "Friday," the former Texas slave said, is my "unlucky-star day." One Friday, decades earlier when he was about 12, his mother had turned to him and said, "Jim, you be a good boy." His master then led James away. "Dat was de last time I ever heard my mother speak, or ever...
A Slave-Narrative Documentary Is Limited, but Compelling
By STEVEN MINTZThe pain of slavery echoes through James Green's plainspoken words. "Friday," the former Texas slave said, is my "unlucky-star day." One Friday, decades earlier when he was about 12, his mother had turned to him and said, "Jim, you be a good boy." His master then led James away. "Dat was de last time I ever heard my mother speak, or ever...
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