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Book/Printed Material Slave narratives : a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Type-written records prepared by the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1938, assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia. Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Illustrated with photographs

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  • Slave narratives : a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Type-written records prepared by the Federal Writer's Project, 1936-1938, assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia. Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Illustrated with photographs

Names

  • Federal Writers' Project

Created / Published

  • Washington, 1941.

Contents

  • v. 1. Alabama narratives. -- v. 2. Arkansas narratives. -- v. 3. Florida narratives. -- v. 4. Georgia narratives. -- v. 5. Indiana narratives. -- v. 6. Kansas narratives. -- v. 7. Kentucky narratives. -- v. 8. Maryland narratives. -- v. 9. Mississippi narratives. -- v. 10. Missouri narratives. -- v. 11. North Carolina narratives. -- v. 12. Ohio narratives. -- v. 13. Oklahoma narratives. -- v. 14. South Carolina narratives. -- v. 15. Tennessee narratives. -- v. 16. Texas narratives. -- v. 17. Virginia narratives.

Headings

  • -  Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions
  • -  African Americans--Biography

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form as part of the digital collection "Born in Slavery : Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938".
  • -  LAC brd 2019-04-19 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • 17 v. in 33. mounted photos. 28 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E444 .F27

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 41021619

OCLC Number

  • 29077332

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Federal Writers' Project. Slave narratives: a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Type-written records prepared by the Federal Writer's Project, -1938, assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia.Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Illustrated with photographs. Washington, 1941. Web.. https://lccn.loc.gov/41021619.

APA citation style:

Federal Writers' Project. (1941) Slave narratives: a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Type-written records prepared by the Federal Writer's Project, -1938, assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia.Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Illustrated with photographs. Washington. [Web.] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/41021619.

MLA citation style:

Federal Writers' Project. Slave narratives: a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves. Type-written records prepared by the Federal Writer's Project, -1938, assembled by the Library of Congress Project, Work Projects Administration, for the District of Columbia.Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Illustrated with photographs. Washington, 1941. Web.. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <lccn.loc.gov/41021619>.