Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 160 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 IX, Mississippi Narratives Reading ease score: 92.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Andrea Ball and 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 compiled by the Federal Writers' Project during the late 1930s. The book aims to present firsthand accounts of slavery as told by former slaves, capturing their experiences, memories, and reflections on that period in American history. At the start of this collection, the narratives of various former slaves are introduced, including Jim Allen, Anna Baker, and John Cameron, among others. Each ex-slave recounts their experiences, from their lives before the Civil War through the struggles of the war itself and into their memories of freedom. Through their words, the opening provides rich and varied perspectives on slavery, shedding light on the complexities of their lives, the harsh realities they faced, and the unique relationships cultivated with their enslavers. The opening emphasizes individual stories over the collective narrative, highlighting elements of resilience, hardship, and the personal impacts of slavery on family and community dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en African Americans -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Mississippi -- Biography Mississippi -- Biography African Americans -- Mississippi -- Interviews E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 286200 278161 2024-10-05T16:00:15.992991 2023-10-06T03:58:19.808251 text/html text/html 276669 2020-12-14T16:47:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii 141814 2020-12-14T16:47:24 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 279820 2024-10-05T16:00:24.987051 application/epub+zip 284355 2024-10-05T16:00:20.373017 application/epub+zip 171620 2024-10-05T16:00:18.889009 application/epub+zip 584878 2024-10-05T16:00:28.028995 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565928 2024-10-05T16:00:24.017134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223145 2022-09-06T18:34:43.409055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261327 261200 2024-10-05T16:00:15.134061 2023-10-06T03:58:19.141253 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 262536 2020-12-14T16:47:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102045 2020-12-14T16:47:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20551 2024-10-05T16:00:28.153944 application/rdf+xml 29396 2024-10-05T16:00:19.465010 image/jpeg 5154 2024-10-05T16:00:19.175974 image/jpeg 276020 2024-10-05T16:00:16.023019 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia