Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves Volume II Arkansas Narratives Part 1

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves Volume II Arkansas Narratives Part 1 contains firsthand accounts from formerly enslaved people in Arkansas collected by the WPA''s Federal Writers'' Project in the late 1930s. This volume records a wide array of personal experiences including recollections of plantation life family separations labor and the struggle for freedom offering readers a powerful unmediated look at the impact of slavery on individuals and communities. The interviews capture a range of voices from elderly men and women recalling their youth to stories of survival faith and resilience amid hardship. The narrators provide descriptions of everyday routines treatment by overseers and their emotions surrounding the Civil War and emancipation. By preserving the dialects and phrasing used by the interviewees the collection maintains the authenticity and unique perspective of each speaker giving an immersive sense of their lived experiences.