Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from…

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.html.images 275 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.epub3.images 229 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.epub.images 232 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.epub.noimages 172 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.kf8.images 521 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.kindle.images 498 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920.txt.utf-8 233 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11920/pg11920-h.zip 226 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author United States. Work Projects Administration
Title Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives
Credits Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced
from images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.
Summary "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 in the late 1930s. This work represents the voices and experiences of men and women who were once enslaved in the United States, gathering their personal stories and reflections on life in slavery. The narratives provide direct insight into the daily lives, hardships, and resilience of these individuals, shedding light on a painful yet pivotal chapter in American history. The opening of this collection introduces a series of interviews with former slaves from Kentucky, each recounting their unique experiences while under slavery. The narratives detail various aspects of their lives, such as living conditions, family dynamics, work roles, and interactions with their masters. For example, Dan Bogie shares memories of his childhood in a one-room cabin and recounts experiences of kindness from his masters, contrasting with the painful memories of family separation faced by others. The interviews capture a range of emotions, from nostalgia for simpler times to the harsh realities of enslavement, and collectively emphasize the complexity of the slave experience, illustrating both the humanity and the suffering of those who lived through it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject Slave narratives -- Kentucky
Subject Enslaved persons -- Kentucky -- Biography
Subject Enslaved persons -- Kentucky -- Social conditions
Subject Slavery -- Kentucky
Subject African Americans -- Kentucky -- Biography
Category Text
EBook-No. 11920
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 26, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 123 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!