Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…
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"Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" is a collection compiled between 1936 and 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project. Over 2,000 interviews with formerly enslaved people across seventeen states preserved more than 10,000 pages of firsthand accounts. These voices captured the last generation's memories before they were lost forever. However, the predominantly white interviewers sparked debate about bias and how racial dynamics
shaped these testimonies, raising questions about historical truth and representation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | United States. Work Projects Administration |
|---|---|
| Title | Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection |
| Credits | Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 90.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- Texas -- Biography |
| Subject | Slave narratives -- Texas |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- Texas -- Social conditions |
| Subject | Slavery -- Texas |
| Subject | African Americans -- Texas -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 35381 |
| Release Date | Feb 23, 2011 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 931 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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