Slave Narratives

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Dublin Core

Title

Slave Narratives

Subject

Slavery in Georgia

Description

Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration

Creator

Federal Writers' Project

Source

https://www.loc.gov/item/mesn041/

Publisher

Library of Congress

Date

1936-1938

Contributor

Federal Writers' Project, Works Project Administration, Former slaves of 17 states

Rights

The Library of Congress is not aware of any copyright restrictions for the materials presented in this collection. U.S. Government employees created the materials in this collection. Generally speaking, works created by U.S. Government employees are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States, although they may be under copyright in some foreign countries. The persons interviewed or whose words were transcribed were generally not employees of the U.S. Government.

Format

Manuscript/Mixed Material

Language

English

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Original Format

Manuscript

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