Oklahoma slave narratives : a folk history of slavery in Oklahoma from interviews with former slaves

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Oklahoma slave narratives : a folk history of slavery in Oklahoma from interviews with former slaves

typewritten records prepared by the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

(Slave narratives)

Applewood Books , Library of Congress, [2006?]

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Oklahoma

Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938, Oklahoma

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"Published in cooperation with the Library of Congress"

"These slave narratives were compiled as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration during 1936-1938" -- P. [4] of cover

"The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is fortunate to hold ... sampling of sound recordings, manuscript interviews, and photographs of former slaves. The recordings of former slaves were made in the 1930s and early 1940s by folklorists John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston, Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, John Henry Faulk, Roscoe Lews, and others. These aural accounts ... can be heard by visiting the web site http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/ ... known as the slave narrative collection. These transcripts are found in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division" -- Foreword

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