In the 1930’s, different historians, folklorists, and others as a part of the Works Progress Administration, made a point to interview the aging population of black Americans who were alive before the Civil War and remembered slavery. They collected more than 2,300 narratives and memoirs called the WPA American Slave Narratives. They are available in their entirety on the Library of Congresss website. I am providing you with 11 selections of men and women telling their stories about life before the Civil War. These selections
In the 1930’s, different historians, folklorists, and others as a part of the Works Progress Administration, made a point to interview the aging population…