Slavery Web Sites



Slavery Web Sites

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 photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.



American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940

Life histories compiled and transcribed by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations. Pseudonyms are often substituted for individuals and places named in the narrative texts.



Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives: This collection includes all the existing autobiographical narratives of fugitive and former slaves published as broadsides, pamphlets, or books in English up to 1920. Also included are many of the biographies of fugitive and former slaves and some significant fictionalized slave narratives published in English before 1920.



Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) Slave Narratives: Includes dramatic readings of slave biographies by Maya Angelou as well as readings of excerpts from various narratives.



Web Site for Dr. Donna Campbell, Department of English, Washington State University: See “The Slave Narrative” for links to biographies, narratives, etc.



American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology (University of Virginia) provides samples of narratives as well as images.



African American Odyssey:



The New Deal Network’s “Been Here So Long” provides excerpts from the narratives as well as lesson ideas and other resources.



Africans in America: a great site for images, documents, interviews with historians, and a guide to the PBS documentary.



American Slave Narratives: An On-line Anthology

Bruce Fort's site, at the University of Virginia, has thirteen other WPA Slave Narratives as well as photographs and a rare audio recording of one of the interviewees



Voices from the Days of Slavery: Audio interviews from the Slave Narratives. Includes a gallery and biographies of the interviewers.



Edsitement Lesson Plan: Perspective on the Slave Narrative



The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture. Documents, photos, and more!



Excerpts from Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century slave narratives (Steve Mintz, University of Houston)



Mississippi Slave Narratives (WPA)



Ex-Slave Narratives (CSPAN): Audio recordings of actual interviews



Free e-book! Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States



Digital History Slavery Guide for Teachers



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