Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…

"Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…" is a collection of oral histories compiled between 1936 and 1938. Created by the Federal Writers' Project, it documents over 2,000 interviews with formerly enslaved people across seventeen states. These first-hand accounts preserve memories from the last generation to experience slavery directly. The collection sparked controversy due to predominantly white interviewers potentially influencing testimonies, yet remains an invaluable historical resource now available digitally, offering intimate glimpses into both antebellum slavery and Depression-era America. (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 IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection
Credits Produced by Jeannie Howse, Andrea Ball and PG Distributed
Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Library of
Congress, Manuscript Division.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 88.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Biography
Subject Slave narratives -- Georgia
Subject Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Social conditions
Subject Slavery -- Georgia
Subject African Americans -- Georgia -- Biography
Category Text
EBook-No. 13602
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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