Works Progress Administration (WPA) Slave Narratives

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Works_Progress_Administration_(WPA)_Slave_Narratives
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf oral history collection
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Slave_Narratives:_A_Folk_History_of_Slavery_in_the_United_States_From_Interviews_with_Former_Slaves
gptkbp:archivedAt gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkbp:availableOn gptkb:Library_of_Congress_website
gptkbp:collectedDuring 1936-1938
gptkbp:collectedUnder gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:format interviews
photographs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Works Progress Administration (WPA) Slave Narratives
gptkbp:includesState 17 states
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Federal_Writers'_Project
gptkbp:notableGuest gptkb:Harriet_Smith
gptkb:Charles_Grandy
gptkb:Louis_Hughes
gptkb:Sarah_Gudger
gptkbp:numberOfInterviews over 2,300
gptkbp:numberOfRooms over 500
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Memory_Project
gptkbp:purpose document life under slavery
gptkbp:significance largest collection of first-person accounts of slavery in the U.S.
primary source on American slavery
gptkbp:subject former slaves
gptkbp:usedIn African American studies
historical research
oral history studies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3