The House of Bondage is a crucial post-Emancipation testimony text, gathering the memories of Charlotte Brooks and other formerly enslaved people into a collective indictment of American slavery. Albert shapes oral recollection through a devotional, reformist prose style, combining first-person witness, moral commentary, and documentary realism. Published in the late nineteenth century, it belongs beside slave narratives, Reconstruction-era histories, and Black women's testimonial literatu...

Most people know Roger Perron because of one extraordinary chapter of his life. This is the story of everything else.Long before the events that inspired The Conjuring introduced the Perron family to audiences around the world, Roger Albert Perron had already lived a remarkable life filled with adventure, service, entrepreneurship, family, and unforgettable experiences.In Being Perronormal, Roger shares the stories that shaped the man behi...

This collection of enthralling personal narratives vivifies life during and just after the era of slavery in the United States. First published 25 years after the Civil War ended, the volume was the work of an educated African-American woman who became the voice of many former slaves. The interviews she recorded tell of cruel punishments, divided families, and debilitating labor, but they also include information about religious beliefs and practices, as well as the condition and progress ...

There are 9 different titles in this book, which are the following:Book 1: In this compact guide, we will explore the causes and consequences of anxiety, the ways to stop yourself from panicking too easily, or get stressed out too much. We will discuss strategies that have worked for others and that can work for you as well.Book 2: What can be done to prevent or reduce anxiety? Why is it that we get into panic mode so easily in our society today? These are some of the quest...