Slave Narratives

 

Interviews of Former Slaves

Slave Narratives – A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Prepared by The Federal Writers’ Project from 1936 to 1938. Assembled by the Library of Congress Project – Work Projects Administration – For the District of Columbia – Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

• SPIKES, TANNER (TAMAR) – Interview of Tamar Spikes (1861-1948)

To read more slave narratives from other North Carolina counties click here.

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ORAL HISTORIES

• A Brief History of the Slave Life of Rev. L.R. Ferebee, and the Battles of Life, and Four Years of His Ministerial Life. Written from Memory. To 1882.

 

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