Publisher's Synopsis
The book, Recollections of Slavery Times, is an important little known slave narrative published in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1895. Allen Parker was an illiterate popcorn and candy peddler in Worcester when he came through avenues unknown to relate the story of his life in slavery to a sympathetic friend, also unknown. Published by a small local press, Parker's Recollections quickly faded into the sands of time and was almost forgotten about forever. his book, tells the story about what life it was as a slave in the 1800s in Parker's own words. Parker talk about his years as a slave in the coastal region of North Carolina from his birth in 1838 to his flight to a Union gunboat in 1862. This book is important for future generations to learn and understand in Parker's own words what life was like as a slave.
