Former Female Slave Narratives & Interviews: From Ex-Slaves in the States of Arkansas Florida Louisiana Tennessee Texas and Virginia. With Photographs

American slave narratives are a unique and fascinating historical resource. Although the narratives have their contextual limitations-they are an invaluable primary source that allows one to gain insight pertaining to slaves from their own perspective.Female Slave Narratives is the product of the authors interest in the institution of slavery in all its facets. The narratives and interviews contained in this volume were selected based on a specific set of variables and criteria. It is the intent of the author to present narratives that documented slave life folklore the Civil War and Emancipation. In addition the author has given special attention to include female slaves who were house slave and field workers. These subjects were chosen in an attempt to give the readers historical and social context of slavery in America. Moreover we have chosen to include female narratives from a variety of statesAnother interesting facet of the narratives is that some of them actually include the former slaves residential address. It is a unique experience to see these places today. Obviously the slave homes are most likely a casualty of time and progress. Nonetheless some of the geographic locales still use the same addresses and street names which allow those who are interested to note how the areas have changed over time.