Project Gutenberg 2006-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 315 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 XV, Tennessee Narratives Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Batson, Frances -- Casey, Julia -- Chappel, Cecelia -- Childress, Wiley -- Falls, Robert -- Gaines, Rachel -- Goole, Frankie -- Gray, Precilla -- Greer, Jenny -- Grisham, Emma -- Hudson, Measy -- Hyde, Patsy -- Kannon, Ellis Ken -- Martin, Scott -- Matthews, Ann -- Moore, Rev. John -- Moss, Andrew -- Moss, Mollie -- Odell, Andy -- Parker, laura Ramsey -- Reece, Naisy -- Simpkins, Millie -- Star, Joseph Leonidas -- Thomas, Dan -- Watkins, Sylvia -- Young, Narcissus. Produced by Diane Monico and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available 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 consists of personal testimonies and stories shared by former slaves, reflecting their experiences before and after emancipation, thereby providing valuable insights into the realities of slavery in America. The narratives reveal the voices of individuals who lived through this dark chapter in history, offering firsthand accounts of their lives, struggles, and resilience. The opening of this collective work presents a series of interviews featuring various informants, including Frances Batson and Julia Casey, who recount their lives under slavery in Tennessee. Each account is filled with vivid memories of their childhood, family dynamics, interactions with their enslavers, and the hardships they endured. Through their stories, themes of survival, the longing for freedom, and the complexities of life before and after the Civil War emerge, creating a compelling depiction of the human spirit amidst adversity. The narratives serve not only as historical documentation but also as a reminder of the profound impact slavery has left on generations of African Americans. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 90.7 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Slave narratives -- Tennessee Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Biography Enslaved persons -- Tennessee -- Social conditions Slavery -- Tennessee African Americans -- Tennessee -- Biography E300 Text Slavery Category: Biographies Category: History - American 158996 2025-10-08T11:11:25.183642 text/html 156082 2006-11-27T08:46:14 text/html 193147 2025-10-08T11:11:32.627104 application/epub+zip 191592 2025-10-08T11:11:29.170652 application/epub+zip 132409 2025-10-08T11:11:27.792636 application/epub+zip 461382 2025-10-08T11:11:35.005160 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447783 2025-10-08T11:11:31.626115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151403 2022-09-09T11:57:46.397559 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139531 2025-10-08T11:11:24.661636 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139255 2006-11-27T08:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20363 2025-10-08T11:11:35.136085 application/rdf+xml 29034 2025-10-08T11:11:28.303628 image/jpeg 5055 2025-10-08T11:11:28.047626 image/jpeg 59121 2006-11-27T08:46:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 55995 2006-11-27T08:46:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 190459 2025-10-08T11:11:25.197621 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