WPA Slave Narratives Collection

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:archivedAt	gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:availableOn	https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives/
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:Born_in_Slavery:_Slave_Narratives_from_the_Federal_Writers'_Project,_1936-1938
gptkbp:collectedDuring	1936-1938
gptkbp:contains	interviews with former slaves
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:editor	gptkb:George_P._Rawick gptkb:Norman_R._Yetman gptkb:John_W._Blassingame
gptkbp:format	audio recordings manuscripts photographs
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	WPA Slave Narratives Collection
gptkbp:includes	personal stories family histories accounts of emancipation descriptions of daily life memories of Civil War testimonies from multiple states
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Federal_Writers'_Project
gptkbp:notableFor	first-person accounts of slavery
gptkbp:numberOfInterviews	over 2,300
gptkbp:numberOfRooms	over 500
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:American_Memory_Project
gptkbp:purpose	documenting life under slavery
gptkbp:subject	African American history slavery in the United States oral history
gptkbp:usedIn	African American studies historical research publications on slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Library_of_Congress_Digital_Collections
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6