United States. Work Projects Administration creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Release date is 2004-08-18 Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. Original publication data not identified Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions African Americans -- Ohio -- Biography African Americans -- History -- 19th century E300 Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13217 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13217 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133319.0 13217