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 2006-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 258 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 3 Reading ease score: 93.0 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Laura Wisewell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available 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 written in the late 1930s. This work is a compilation of firsthand interviews conducted by the Federal Writers' Project, capturing the voices of former enslaved individuals across the United States. The book aims to provide authentic perspectives on the experiences of enslaved people and their lives post-emancipation, highlighting their struggles, hopes, and the broader socio-economic context of the time. At the start of the work, the opening narratives introduce several interviewees who recall their experiences of slavery, family dynamics, and the transition to freedom. One interview with Charlie Gadson recounts his childhood in South Carolina under the gaze of various owners, noting how the announcement of freedom came as a shock. Others, like Dr. D.B. Gaines, reflect on their parents' experiences, while stories vary from the reminiscences of individuals who faced relatively gentle treatment to those who recount harsher realities. The opening snapshots blend personal stories with historical context, indicating the diversity in experiences among African Americans during and after slavery, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of resilience and change in a post-slavery society. (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 653037 653038 2024-10-08T13:24:11.093001 2023-09-09T04:30:12.420511 text/html text/html 687310 2006-10-03T05:38:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 283162 2006-10-03T05:38:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 442142 2024-10-08T13:24:28.134939 application/epub+zip 438832 2024-10-08T13:24:18.036997 application/epub+zip 314638 2024-10-08T13:24:15.127981 application/epub+zip 846233 2024-10-08T13:24:34.724892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 799280 2024-10-08T13:24:25.503928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452074 2022-09-09T09:29:59.066135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578570 578355 2024-10-08T13:24:09.402040 2023-09-09T04:30:10.978509 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 578163 2006-10-03T05:38:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 212249 2006-10-03T05:38:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 578158 2006-10-03T05:38:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212159 2006-10-03T05:38:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23031 2024-10-08T13:24:34.873893 application/rdf+xml 28842 2024-10-08T13:24:16.120974 image/jpeg 4981 2024-10-08T13:24:15.622981 image/jpeg 411169 2024-10-08T13:24:11.149006 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia