Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 164 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 IX, Mississippi Narratives Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Produced by Andrea Ball and 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 compiled by the Federal Writers' Project during the late 1930s. The book aims to present firsthand accounts of slavery as told by former slaves, capturing their experiences, memories, and reflections on that period in American history. At the start of this collection, the narratives of various former slaves are introduced, including Jim Allen, Anna Baker, and John Cameron, among others. Each ex-slave recounts their experiences, from their lives before the Civil War through the struggles of the war itself and into their memories of freedom. Through their words, the opening provides rich and varied perspectives on slavery, shedding light on the complexities of their lives, the harsh realities they faced, and the unique relationships cultivated with their enslavers. The opening emphasizes individual stories over the collective narrative, highlighting elements of resilience, hardship, and the personal impacts of slavery on family and community dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.1 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en African Americans -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Mississippi -- Biography Mississippi -- Biography African Americans -- Mississippi -- Interviews E300 Text Slavery Category: Biographies Category: History - American 286178 2025-07-05T13:04:13.262859 text/html 254912 2024-10-28T19:07:24 text/html 279860 2025-07-05T13:04:21.155317 application/epub+zip 284352 2025-07-05T13:04:17.102860 application/epub+zip 171605 2025-07-05T13:04:15.823862 application/epub+zip 584934 2025-07-05T13:04:23.926337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 565916 2025-07-05T13:04:20.296319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223145 2022-09-06T18:34:43.409055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261200 2023-10-06T03:58:19.141253 text/plain 241015 2024-10-28T19:07:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16701 2025-07-05T13:04:24.053447 application/rdf+xml 29396 2025-07-05T13:04:16.330842 image/jpeg 5154 2025-07-05T13:04:16.076835 image/jpeg 276014 2025-07-05T13:04:13.289901 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