From 1936 to 1938, over 2, 300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. This web site provides an opportunity to read a sample of these narratives, and to see some of the photographs taken at the time of the interviews. The entire collection of narratives can be found in George P. Rawick, ed., The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1972-79).

The Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress and Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Search by Keywords | Browse Narratives by Narrator | Volume Browse Photographs by Subject | Browse All by State Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2, 300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white ...

Third Person, First Person Slave Voices From The Special Collections Library Broadside Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University These web pages are based on the catalog of an exhibit mounted at Perkins Library, Duke University, in November and December, 1995. Some of the items described here were too large or fragile to be scanned, so images of them were not included in the ...

A comprehensive introduction to Equiano's life and work, including a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, and an extensive bibliography ...

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Member Login | Free Membership | MyAccount Today @ Ancestry | Thinking of Joining | Top Things to Do | Affiliate Program Read firsthand about the struggles and triumphs of life as an American slave. This collection of interviews is the most complete picture available of the African American slavery experience. Keyword: Interviewee: State: Any AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS ...

This site contains materials that place the Allen Parker slave narrative from eastern North Carolina into a historical context.