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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 4
by United States. Work Projects Administration
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53 totalVOLUME IV - GEORGIA NARRATIVES - PART 4
Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Georgia
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Transcriber's Notes:
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE GEORGIA TELFAIR, Age 74 Box 131, R.F.D. #2 Athens, Ga. Written by: Miss Grace McCune Athens, Ga. Edited by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens, Ga. and Mrs. Leila Harris Augusta, Ga. [Date Stamp: APR 29 1938]
PLANTATION LIFE CORDELIA THOMAS, Age 80 130 Berry Street Athens, Ga. Written by: Grace McCune [HW: (white)] Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens Leila Harris Augusta and John N. Booth District Supervisor Federal Writers' Project Residencies 6 & 7
[HW: Dist-2 Ex Slave #105] Alberta Minor Re-search Worker FOLKLORE EX-SLAVE—IKE THOMAS Heidt Bridges Farm near Rio Georgia Interviewed September 4, 1936 [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937]
[HW: Dist 1 Ex-Slave #107] JANE MICKENS TOOMBS OF WASHINGTON-WILKES Age approx. 82 by Minnie Branham Stonestreet Washington-Wilkes GEORGIA [Date Stamp: JAN 26 1937] [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937]
[HW: Dist. 7 Ex-slave #108] District 7 Adella S. Dixon PHIL TOWNS OLD SLAVE STORY [Date Stamp: — 8 1937]
PLANTATION LIFE NEAL UPSON, Age 81 450 4th Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Miss Grace McCune [HW: (White)] Athens Edited by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens and John N. Booth District Supervisor Federal Writers' Project Residencies 6 & 7 Augusta, Ga. August 5, 1938
Description
This volume gathers the spoken memories of dozens of former enslaved people from Georgia, recorded in the late 1930s by the Federal Writers’ Project. The interviews were transcribed verbatim, preserving the cadence, dialect, and personal details that bring each life into focus. Listeners will hear a chorus of voices—men, women, and children—who describe their daily routines, family ties, and the sudden shift to freedom.
Among the narratives is the recollection of a seventy‑four‑year‑old woman from Telfair, who recalls the woods surrounding her father’s plantation, the makeshift cabins they built, and the simple pleasures of roasting potatoes in ash. Other accounts delve into folk remedies, superstitions, and the ways enslaved communities created their own cultural worlds amid hardship. The collection also includes combined interviews that capture shared experiences across households.
Presented with period photographs, these testimonies offer an intimate, ground‑level portrait of life under slavery and its aftermath. Listeners gain a rare opportunity to hear history spoken directly by those who lived it, preserving a vital part of America’s oral heritage.
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Produced by Robert Fry 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) HTML version produced by Jeannie Howse.
Release date
2006-06-01
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Public domain in the USA.
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United States. Work Projects Administration
Born during the Great Depression, this New Deal agency became one of the most ambitious public-work efforts in U.S. history, putting millions of people to work while reshaping roads, parks, schools, and cultural life across the country. Its story offers a vivid look at how government relief, labor, and the arts came together in a moment of national crisis.
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