Project Gutenberg 2004-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 187 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 IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Reading ease score: 88.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jeannie Howse, 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" is a historical account prepared by the Federal Writers' Project, compiled during the late 1930s. This volume presents firsthand interviews with former slaves, documenting their experiences and lives under slavery, specifically focusing on narratives from Georgia. Through the voices of these informants, the book sheds light on plantation life, the daily struggles and joys of enslaved individuals, and the complex relationships they had with their masters. At the start of the book, several interviews introduce varied perspectives from informants like Rachel Adams and Uncle Wash, who share memories of their childhood during slavery. For instance, Rachel describes her upbringing, detailing life in mud-daubed cabins, the food they ate, and the strict punishments associated with work. Uncle Wash recounts his experiences on a plantation, highlighting the bonds between families that were preserved even during the trauma of enslavement. These opening narratives not only provide vivid imagery of the conditions under slavery but also emphasize the resilience and strength of these individuals who lived through such challenging times. Each voice adds to a collective historical memory, allowing readers to grasp the realities of slavery from a personal and cultural lens. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Biography Slave narratives -- Georgia Enslaved persons -- Georgia -- Social conditions Slavery -- Georgia African Americans -- Georgia -- Biography E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 573876 561154 2024-10-06T08:47:32.747824 2023-10-06T09:47:49.372621 text/html text/html 562074 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 248066 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 388235 2024-10-06T08:47:43.823744 application/epub+zip 396311 2024-10-06T08:47:37.272904 application/epub+zip 301079 2024-10-06T08:47:35.737803 application/epub+zip 748577 2024-10-06T08:47:48.616768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 720607 2024-10-06T08:47:42.705754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 394505 2022-09-07T03:03:34.394952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536605 536454 2024-10-06T08:47:31.474842 2023-10-06T09:47:48.401619 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 536373 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210638 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 536364 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210604 2020-12-18T08:45:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22986 2024-10-06T08:47:48.754720 application/rdf+xml 28423 2024-10-06T08:47:36.324800 image/jpeg 4923 2024-10-06T08:47:36.030789 image/jpeg 379218 2024-10-06T08:47:32.803800 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