Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VIII, Maryland Narratives
United States. Work Projects Administration
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VIII, Maryland Narratives - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Release date is 2004-03-01
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"Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…" is a collection of oral histories compiled between 1936 and 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project. Over 2,000 interviews with formerly enslaved individuals were documented across seventeen states, preserving their memories before the last generation disappeared. The collection sparked controversy due to predominantly white interviewers potentially influencing accounts during the Jim Crow era. These narratives offer crucial insights into enslaved life while raising complex questions about historical documentation, racial power dynamics, and whose voices truly emerge from the archive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Biography Slavery -- Maryland Slave narratives -- Maryland Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Social conditions African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VIII, Maryland Narratives - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Release date is 2004-03-01
Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from
images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from
images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.
"Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…" is a collection of oral histories compiled between 1936 and 1938 by the Federal Writers' Project. Over 2,000 interviews with formerly enslaved individuals were documented across seventeen states, preserving their memories before the last generation disappeared. The collection sparked controversy due to predominantly white interviewers potentially influencing accounts during the Jim Crow era. These narratives offer crucial insights into enslaved life while raising complex questions about historical documentation, racial power dynamics, and whose voices truly emerge from the archive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Biography Slavery -- Maryland Slave narratives -- Maryland Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Social conditions African Americans -- Maryland -- Biography
E300