Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 242 United States. Work Projects Administration Administration, Work Projects Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Reading ease score: 94.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by 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 Interviews with Former Slaves" is a historical account produced by the Federal Writers' Project during the late 1930s. This work compiles firsthand narratives from former slaves, capturing their experiences during and after slavery through their own voices and recollections. The accounts provide insight into the lives, hardships, triumphs, and memories of Black Americans who lived through this complex and painful era in American history. The opening of the narratives presents a collection of interviews conducted with former slaves in Arkansas. Each interviewee shares personal stories of their childhood, family life, and the transition to freedom after the Civil War. For instance, Silas Abbott recounts fond memories of growing up under his master, Ely Abbott, while several others reflect on their family's experiences of sale, the relationships built across racial lines, and the challenge of adjusting to newfound freedom. The voices captured in this narrative are diverse, with each individual offering unique perspectives on hardship, survival, and the pursuit of a better life, ultimately serving as a profound documentation of their collective history and heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slave narratives -- Arkansas Enslaved persons -- Arkansas -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Arkansas -- Social conditions Slavery -- Arkansas African Americans -- Arkansas -- Biography E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 569384 539485 2024-10-05T08:47:44.973730 2023-10-05T08:43:33.136878 text/html text/html 537438 2013-03-31T15:59:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239432 2013-03-31T15:59:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 386470 2024-10-05T08:47:57.618702 application/epub+zip 394318 2024-10-05T08:47:49.946699 application/epub+zip 274975 2024-10-05T08:47:48.150720 application/epub+zip 772272 2024-10-05T08:48:02.698719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725604 2024-10-05T08:47:56.182681 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380461 2022-09-05T12:22:57.414115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501197 501086 2024-10-05T08:47:42.943776 2023-10-05T08:43:31.627861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 502308 2004-03-07T00:00:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 187285 2013-03-06T11:19:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 502299 2004-03-07T00:00:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 187261 2013-03-06T11:19:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23136 2024-10-05T08:48:02.875624 application/rdf+xml 28842 2024-10-05T08:47:48.803700 image/jpeg 4981 2024-10-05T08:47:48.457702 image/jpeg 372566 2024-10-05T08:47:45.022738 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia