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talltatanka t1_j79fin6 wrote

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

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Sunnyjim333 t1_j79huqr wrote

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.

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elmonoenano t1_j7dhjac wrote

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/

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talltatanka t1_j7dj14h wrote

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.

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