Introduction to Social Studies
Summer 2006
HIS 390
M/T/W/TH/F 4:00-5:40 PM
RW 336

Dr. Mark Tebeau
Associate Professor
Department of History
Rhodes Tower 1906
m.tebeau@csuohio.edu
Phone: 216-687-3937

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T/W/TH 3-4
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Oral Histories

Read the Slave Narratives on the University of Virginia server, and review the discussion of their collection in the American Memory Collection at Library of Congress. Below you will find your name and a list of the slave testimony that you should read.

Anderson & Calloway -- Clayton & Collins

Crockett & Davis -- Durica & Dorsey

Holmes & Holmes -- Csank & Harris

Horry & Hughes -- Rosen & Pogrebinsky

Durham & Holbert -- MacLin & Mullins

Davis & Holmes -- Southworth & Hawthorne

Reynolds & Anderson -- Brumbaugh & Williams

Hughes, Jackson, Reynolds & Toler -- everyone read at least one of these; if you are not on the list, then read three of these.

If you are NOT listed, that means that you are NOT on the course roster. Please read Holbert & Davis.

Some questions to answer in your journal and as preparation for class:

What is the content of your two narratives? How does this view fit and/or differ from your understanding of the slave experience?

What are the strengths and/or limitations of slave narratives as a historical source?

What are the strengths and/or weaknesses of oral history as a historical source?

In class, we will first outline the content of the slave narratives and compile a list of differences/similarities to the record as we know it from previous coursework.

On the following day, we will discuss oral history as a historical source.