Project Gutenberg 2011-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 715 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 3 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Narrative_Collection Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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 significant work offers an authentic glimpse into the lives and experiences of former enslaved individuals through their personal narratives. The narratives provide a vivid portrayal of both the hardships and moments of human connection that defined their lives before and after emancipation. The beginning of the text introduces a diverse group of informants, each reflecting on their past with varying degrees of nostalgia, pain, and pride. The interviews feature individuals like Adeline Jackson, who shares memories of her life on a plantation, including the warmth of community and the strict discipline enforced by their masters. Others, such as Cordelia Anderson Jackson and Fred James, recount their experiences during the Civil War and the transition to freedom, capturing the complexities of their emotions upon hearing about their liberation. Throughout these interviews, we are presented with rich storytelling that combines both personal memories and broader historical commentary, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of the impact of slavery in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 90.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Social conditions Enslaved persons -- South Carolina -- Biography Slavery -- South Carolina Slave narratives -- South Carolina African Americans -- South Carolina -- Biography E300 Text Slavery Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Category: Biographies Category: History - American 517554 2025-06-14T16:40:18.063864 text/html 515722 2011-05-04T21:46:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 181169 2011-05-04T21:46:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 412091 2025-06-14T16:40:39.843800 application/epub+zip 526338 2025-01-14T16:22:37.380432 application/pdf 526331 2025-01-14T16:22:22.175579 application/pdf 414845 2025-06-14T16:40:27.279785 application/epub+zip 353954 2025-06-14T16:40:23.302821 application/epub+zip 733699 2025-06-14T16:40:47.439698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 652597 2025-06-14T16:40:36.506756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355548 2022-09-16T13:02:02.617428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444932 2025-06-14T16:40:17.229938 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 445041 2011-05-04T21:48:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 172613 2011-05-04T21:48:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 436692 2011-05-04T21:48:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171106 2011-05-04T21:48:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 436690 2011-05-04T21:48:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171091 2011-05-04T21:48:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 28016 2025-06-14T16:40:47.616694 application/rdf+xml 438077 2025-06-14T16:40:16.985831 text/x-rst 438073 2011-05-04T21:47:10 text/x-rst 171259 2011-05-04T21:47:10 text/x-rst application/zip 29173 2025-06-14T16:40:24.672824 image/jpeg 5099 2025-06-14T16:40:23.965819 image/jpeg 313974 2025-06-14T16:40:18.106006 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