Teaching the History of Slavery in the United States with Interviews: Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.

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    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States. Works Progress Administration
    • Abstract:
      An essay is presented discussing the teaching of slavery in U.S. history through various activity programs surrounding the U.S. Library of Congress's American Memory website collection "Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1938." Topics addressed include background on the Works Progress Administration, the reliability of the sources, and individual and group activities using the database.