My Life in the South by Jacob Stroyer (1849 - 1908)

9 ep. 18 mins 261
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My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early childhood on the plantation up to his involvement in Confederacy's war effort and eventually his experience of becoming a free man.