Sunnyjim333 t1_j790sqw wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Reply to comment by talltatanka in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Thank you, I was working off of transcriptions of Slave Narratives from the 1936-1938 WPA records and that is what was transcribed. Interesting reading if you get a chance.

talltatanka t1_j79fin6 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:22 AM

Do you have a link to share? I'm on my phone but I am intrigued. Thanks.

Sunnyjim333 t1_j79huqr wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:42 AM

In the years 0f 1936-1938 the WPA {Works Progress Administration) initiated a program of transcribing Slave Naritaves. If you search on Internet Archive or AMAZON you can download these for free. There are transcriptions from all the Southern states that were slave holders. Very interesting reading.

elmonoenano t1_j7dhjac wrote on February 6, 2023 at 12:02 AM

You can find them on the Library of Congress's oral history project too.

https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/

talltatanka t1_j7dj14h wrote on February 6, 2023 at 12:13 AM

Thanks for this, I forgot about Library of Congress website. Why am I am so interested? I have an old abolitionist book of poetry and stories passed down from my grandparents, and it has many simple stories of the damage done. I'm going to have to dig it up, just for comparison.