Question 1

What is Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 about?

Accepted Answer

Over 2,300 first-person narratives, many describing dances, frolics, 'setting the floor' and the antecedents of the jook — a searchable, fully public-domain corpus of Black testimony about vernacular dance.

Question 2

Is Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 free to read?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 is public domain and can be read or downloaded in full.

Question 3

Who wrote Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938?

Accepted Answer

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 was written by U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project, published in 1941 by Library of Congress. The author writes from inside the tradition it documents.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938

Why this source matters

Documents these traditions