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…" is a collection undertaken by the Federal Writers' Project between 1936 and 1938. The project documented over 2,000 interviews with formerly enslaved individuals across seventeen states, preserving their memories before this generation disappeared. However, the collection sparked controversy: most interviewers were white, raising questions about whether subjects modified their accounts under Jim Crow conditions. The narratives became contested ground where
power, race, and the right to full citizenship were negotiated through storytelling. (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 XII, Ohio Narratives |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPA_Slave_Narrative_Collection |
| Credits |
Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 91.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography |
| Subject | Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions |
| Subject | African Americans -- Ohio -- Biography |
| Subject | African Americans -- History -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 13217 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-13217-4 |
| Release Date | Aug 18, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 700 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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