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  • ISBN: 1557090238
  • Category: History
  • Author: Federal Writers' Project
  • Subcategory: Americas
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Applewood Books; 1 edition (June 15, 2006)
  • Pages: 168 pages
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These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress .

These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed Work Projects Administration (WPA). This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs divisions of the Library of Congress.

by Federal Writers' Project (Compiler). The North Carolina Slave Narratives Vol. 1 A-H: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews With Former Slaves. The North Carolina Slave Narratives, Volume 2 J-Z: A Folk History Of Slavery in the United States From Interviews With Former Slaves. Mississippi Slave Narratives: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States (often referred to as the WPA Slave Narrative Collection) was a massive compilation of histories by former slaves undertaken by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress . .

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States (often referred to as the WPA Slave Narrative Collection) was a massive compilation of histories by former slaves undertaken by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1938. It was the simultaneous effort of state-level branches of FWP in seventeen states, working largely separately from each other. The collections, as works of the US federal government, are in the public domain

Actual typewritten narratives of slaves about slavery from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.

Actual typewritten narratives of slaves about slavery from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938. The pages have been reproduced from the original documents and include the marks of the writers of the time and Actual typewritten narratives of slaves about slavery from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.

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The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a United States federal government project created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federal Project Number One. Funded under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Federal Writers' Project was established July 27, 1935, by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, by Work Projects Administration. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, by Work Projects Administration. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at ww. utenberg. Title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Arkansas Narratives, Part 5. Author: Work Projects Administration

The view that slavery could best be described by those who had themselves experienced it personally has found expression in several thousand commentaries, autobiographies, narratives, and interviews with those who "endured." Although most of these accounts appeared before the Civil War, more than one-third are the result of the ambitious efforts of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to interview surviving ex-slaves during the 1930s. The result of these efforts was the Slave Narrative Collection, a group of autobiographical accounts of former slaves that today stands as one of the most enduring and noteworthy achievements of the WPA. Compiled in seventeen states during the years 1936-38, the collection consists of more than two thousand interviews with former slaves, most of them first-person accounts of slave life and the respondents' own reactions to bondage. The interviews afforded aged ex-slaves an unparalleled opportunity to give their personal accounts of life under the "peculiar institution," to describe in their own words what it felt like to be a slave in the United States.―Norman R. Yetman, American Memory, Library of CongressThis paperback edition of selected South Carolina narratives is reprinted in facsimile from the typewritten pages of the interviewers, just as they were originally typed.
Reviews about South Carolina Slave Narratives: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938 (7):
Blacknight
Very interesting book, I learned a lot about the perspective of the former slaves from reading these books fro the different states, highly recommend it to anyone studying this period of American history.
Runeshaper
I PURCHASED THIS ITEM AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. THE PERSON IS A HISTORY BUFF FOR OUT AREA. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WROTE THE STORIES WERE CONNECTED TO OUR AREA, SO THIS WAS A GREAT GIFT.
Cordanius
Very enlightening...!
Grarana
It was fortunate that the Federal Writers Project started during 1936 -1938 because the interviewed survivors of slavery were already over 80 years old. Unfortunately, over the past centuries, foreign cultures that practiced slavery rarely documented slave viewpoints, making this is a remarkable presentation.

These raw, honest recollections haunt the reader. Perhaps some direct quotes will provide the flavor of these accounts. "We had plenty to eat in slavery time. It wasn't de best but it filled us up and give us strength `nough to work." "My mammy get many whippin's on `count of her short temper." "Us slaves was allowed to `tend dat church, too. Us set up in de gallery and jined in de singin' every Sunday."

The speakers were generally born before the Civil War, then experienced war time, Yankee looting, freedom, and their remaining years until these interviews. Slavery is difficult to comprehend in the 21st century, but their harrowing tales prove humans can adapt to any condition. The subject slaves, descendents of shackled Africans forced on ships to America, were born into servitude on vast South Carolina plantations, which imprisoned up to hundreds of slaves. On each plantation, they served the master, mistress, and their children. Starting at 4:00 AM, they toiled in the vegetable gardens and cotton fields, cooked meals, made clothes, performed housekeeping chores, cared for young children, worked as blacksmiths, chopped fire wood, etc.

Sometimes, oddly, their confinement over long periods spawned interest in and even affection toward the plantation owner families. They recalled the owner's children's names, their spouses' names, and where they moved.

Since slaves were not schooled, but only worked from a young age, their granted freedom after the Civil War brought anxiety. Some of the younger ones drifted north to industrial employment. Others remained on their respective plantations but gained wages. Some obtained property for starting small farms. Without an education or money, the former slaves faced daunting challenges on their own that would require generations to overcome.
Moronydit
Oftentimes when the WPA slave narratives are put in paperback form for the masses, we get watered down, heavily edited, politically correct versions. Here we have the real, raw and uncut stuff-the SC slave narratives exactly as they were written in 1937. This book only contains a small amount of the narratives from SC, but it is good and powerful, especially Augustus Ladson's interview with ex-slave Henry Brown (since Ladson was one of the few Black interviewers, the ex-slaves tend to be a bit more frank in their recollections with him-compare this to Henry Brown's interview with a white female interviewee earlier in the book).

But overall, this series is the best of the slave narrative paperbacks that are currently on the market. If you want to hear history directly from those who expereinced it, get this!
Kabandis
This book is a welcome edition to my genealogy and family history collection. It gives understanding of a subject which has often been relegated to being the 800 pound elephant in the room. The book gives a voice to the people who need to be heard.
Ballazan
Excellent first hand accounts of history.

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