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HST371: Remembering Slavery: A Gendered Reading othe WPA (ex-slave) Interviews: Primary Sources

Fall 2022, E. Pryor

WPA Ex-Slave Interviews/ Narratives

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The American Slave by George P. Rawick Vol. 2-17 consist of transcriptions of narratives prepared by the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-38, and deposited in the Library of Congress, where they were assembled under title: Slave narratives, a folk history of slavery in the United States from interviews with former slaves.
Call Number: Neilson Library Reserve
ISBN: 0837133149
Publication Date: 1972-10-20
Weevils in the Wheat by Charles L. Perdue; Thomas E. Barden; Robert K. Phillips; Virginia Writers' Project Staff (Contribution by) A collection of interviews of former slaves, conducted by the Virginia Federal Writers' Project in 1936 and 1937.
Bibliography: p. [391]-394.
Call Number: Neilson Library Reserve
ISBN: 0813905966
Publication Date: 1976-01-01

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