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Nate Shaw’s father was born under slavery. Nate Shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler. At the age of nine, he was picking cotton for thirty-five cents an hour. At the age of forty-seven, he faced down a crowd of white deputies who had come to confiscate a neighbor’s crop. His defiance cost him twelve years in prison. This triumphant autobiography, assembled from the eighty-four-year-old Shaw’s oral reminiscences, is the plain-spoken story of an “over-average” man who witnessed wrenching changes in the lives of Southern black people — and whose unassuming courage helped bring those changes about.
ASIN : B00CVS0XNI
Publisher : Vintage; 1st edition (June 5, 2013)
Publication date : June 5, 2013
Language : English
File size : 3134 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Not Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 610 pages
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Customers find the book provides a great historical perspective of life post-civil war Alabama. They also find the themes sobering, angering, but inspiring. Readers describe the content as wonderful, informative, and educational. They say the book tells an amazing story and is honest.
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