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| Stone Center Guide to the Web - Narratives (7 items) |
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- American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
- This site includes narratives from former slaves interviewed by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s. The site contains written transcriptions of the interviews with accompanying photographs, selected sound files, a bibliography, and links to related online resources. (Source: University of Virginia)
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- Been Here So Long: Selections From the WPA American Slave Narratives
- This site features selections from the American slave narratives collected by WPA interviewers in the 1930s. The site includes full transcripts of selected narratives, and extensive lesson plans and educational resources for teachers. (Source: New Deal Network)
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- Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
- Sponsored by the Library of Congress’s American Memory Collection, this site features slave narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938. The site contains a search feature and index, as well as a list of related sources for further research. (Source: Library of Congress)
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- North American Slave Narratives
- This site is part of the University of North Carolina's Documenting the American South collection and contains a large collection of slave narratives, including biographies and some fictionalized slave accounts. The site features a scholarly bibliography as well as guides to image searches and religious content in the narratives. (Source: Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries)
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- Remembering Slavery
- Supported by the Smithsonian Institute, this site contains sound recordings of slave narratives from a documentary radio series. The site also features a learning guide to the sound recordings. (Source: Smithsonian Institute)
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- Slave Narratives
- Featuring audio narration by Maya Angelou and others, this interactive site provides a selection of slave narratives and personal stories from several individuals who suffered under the system of slavery. The site, based on the Slavery Passage Gallery exhibit at the Museum of the African Diaspora, includes biographies for each of the individuals highlighted, as well as dramatic audio narratives about their experiences in slavery. Also included are accompanying written transcripts. (Source: Museum of the African Diaspora)
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- Voices from the Days of Slavery
- This site presents the Library Of Congress’ American Folklife Center collection of recorded interviews with ex-slaves discussing their first hand experiences. The interviews can be searched or browsed by subject, name, or place, and full text transcripts and audio of the interviews in their entirety are included. Also included are an image gallery and biographies of the interviewers. (Source: Library of Congress)
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