The Journal of Southern History · 1977 · 190 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistorySlavery StudiesSocial HistoryAgricultural HistoryPlantation SlaverySlave FamiliesSlave MarketsSlave NarrativesSlave ResistanceAgricultural SlaveryEnslaved Agricultural LaborEnslaved AutobiographyEnslaved Community LifeHistories Of EnslavementNorth American Plantation SlaverySlave Plantations
Taken from the records of the Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s, these interviews with one-time Virginia slaves provide a clear window into what it was like to be enslaved in the antebellum American South.