Project Gutenberg 2004-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 455 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 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Produced by Jeannie Howse, Andrea Ball, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team 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. This comprehensive work presents a collection of firsthand interviews with individuals who experienced slavery, providing a crucial perspective on this dark chapter of American history. The likely topic of the book revolves around the personal stories of former slaves from various backgrounds as they share their experiences of enslavement, freedom, and life afterward. The opening of this collection introduces a series of interviews, each portraying the voices and memories of different narrators. Informants like Frank Cannon recall their origins, the daily lives they endured, and the complexities of relationships with their masters. Other individuals, such as Zenie Cauley and Willie Buck Charleston Jr., recount pivotal moments of their lives during and after the Civil War, emphasizing their memories of freedom, familial ties, and the lingering repercussions of slavery in their everyday existence. These narratives are not only accounts of hardship and struggle but also reflections on resilience, community, and change in the aftermath of a catastrophic period in American history. Each interview provides invaluable insights into the lived realities of former slaves, ensuring their voices are heard in an era that sought to suppress them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.5 (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 588053 2025-10-06T06:39:28.395806 text/html 533346 2024-10-28T20:42:09 text/html 389981 2025-10-06T06:39:39.883788 application/epub+zip 397425 2025-10-06T06:39:32.915753 application/epub+zip 283698 2025-10-06T06:39:31.356808 application/epub+zip 780898 2025-10-06T06:39:44.536710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 736235 2025-10-06T06:39:38.587734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395367 2022-09-07T03:43:46.759389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517410 2025-10-06T06:39:26.672809 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 497240 2024-10-28T20:42:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17862 2025-10-06T06:39:44.676712 application/rdf+xml 28842 2025-10-06T06:39:31.892760 image/jpeg 4981 2025-10-06T06:39:31.624761 image/jpeg 375198 2025-10-06T06:39:28.445789 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