These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project Administration. They consist of verbatim records of personal interviews with former slaves conducted during 1936-1938. “These life histories, taken down as far as possible in the narrators’ words, constitute an invaluable body […]

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by Keri N. Althoff, Cameron Stewart, Elizabeth Humes, Lucas Gerace, Cynthia Boyd, Kelly Gebo, Amy C. Justice, Emily P. Hyle, Sally B. Coburn, Raynell Lang, Michael J. Silverberg, Michael A. Horberg, Viviane D. Lima, M. John Gill, Maile Karris, Peter F. Rebeiro, Jennifer Thorne, Ashleigh J. Rich, Heidi Crane, Mari Kitahata, Anna Rubtsova, Cherise Wong, […]

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