Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 992 United States. Work Projects Administration Administration, Work Projects Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Produced by PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves" is a historical account produced by the Federal Writers' Project during the late 1930s. This work compiles firsthand narratives from former slaves, capturing their experiences during and after slavery through their own voices and recollections. The accounts provide insight into the lives, hardships, triumphs, and memories of Black Americans who lived through this complex and painful era in American history. The opening of the narratives presents a collection of interviews conducted with former slaves in Arkansas. Each interviewee shares personal stories of their childhood, family life, and the transition to freedom after the Civil War. For instance, Silas Abbott recounts fond memories of growing up under his master, Ely Abbott, while several others reflect on their family's experiences of sale, the relationships built across racial lines, and the challenge of adjusting to newfound freedom. The voices captured in this narrative are diverse, with each individual offering unique perspectives on hardship, survival, and the pursuit of a better life, ultimately serving as a profound documentation of their collective history and heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 94.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Slave narratives -- Arkansas Enslaved persons -- Arkansas -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Arkansas -- Social conditions Slavery -- Arkansas African Americans -- Arkansas -- Biography E300 Text Slavery Category: Biographies Category: History - American 569366 2025-07-05T06:55:59.285355 text/html 515798 2024-10-28T18:34:28 text/html 386491 2025-07-05T06:56:10.573827 application/epub+zip 394283 2025-07-05T06:56:03.777874 application/epub+zip 274956 2025-07-05T06:56:02.118360 application/epub+zip 772237 2025-07-05T06:56:15.086811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725608 2025-07-05T06:56:09.335825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 380461 2022-09-05T12:22:57.414115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501086 2023-10-05T08:43:31.627861 text/plain 480898 2024-10-28T18:34:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17410 2025-07-05T06:56:15.211769 application/rdf+xml 28842 2025-07-05T06:56:02.647852 image/jpeg 4981 2025-07-05T06:56:02.381849 image/jpeg 372554 2025-07-05T06:55:59.329409 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia