Project Gutenberg 2007-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 667 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 XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Produced by Janet Blenkinship 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 through the Federal Writers' Project between the late 1930s. The work features firsthand accounts from former slaves, providing their perspectives and experiences during slavery and the years following emancipation. This collection serves to capture the voices of individuals who lived through one of the most harrowing periods in American history. The opening of this narrative presents a series of interviews with various former slaves, each sharing their life stories with vivid detail and personal reflections. For instance, Harriet Eddington recounts her origins and childhood, while Mary Edwards reminisces about her kind master and the relative freedom of her days after the war. These voices not only shed light on the daily struggles and traditions of enslaved people but also reflect their resilience, sense of community, and the lingering effects of slavery in the post-war era. The narratives, interspersed with personal anecdotes and cultural traditions, create a rich tapestry that reflects a unique historical period through the eyes of those who lived it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 91.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en African Americans -- Biography Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Social conditions Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Biography Slavery -- South Carolina African Americans -- Folklore E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Category: Biographies Category: History - American 604494 2025-06-09T06:38:45.996070 text/html 608576 2007-05-18T09:33:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 239149 2007-05-18T09:33:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 386182 2025-06-09T06:39:01.419067 application/epub+zip 389090 2025-06-09T06:38:51.870093 application/epub+zip 304821 2025-06-09T06:38:49.674072 application/epub+zip 759376 2025-06-09T06:39:07.209971 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 701548 2025-06-09T06:38:59.092020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 381423 2022-09-10T07:47:20.894482 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523972 2025-06-09T06:38:44.614145 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 523589 2007-05-18T09:33:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 205657 2007-05-18T09:33:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 523584 2007-05-18T09:33:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 205644 2007-05-18T09:33:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22066 2025-06-09T06:39:07.362989 application/rdf+xml 29173 2025-06-09T06:38:50.294053 image/jpeg 5099 2025-06-09T06:38:49.988052 image/jpeg 371820 2025-06-09T06:38:46.050119 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