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Slave Narrative Project
''Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States'' (often referred to as the WPA Slave Narrative Collection) is a collection of histories by formerly enslaved people undertaken by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1938. It was the simultaneous effort of state-level branches of FWP in seventeen states, working largely separately from each other. FWP administrators sought to develop a new appreciation for the elements of American life from different backgrounds, including that from the last generation of formerly enslaved individuals. The collections of life histories and materials on African American life that resulted gave impetus to the collection. The collection of narratives and photographs are works of the U.S. federal government and, as such, are in the public domain. They have been digitized and are available online. Excerpts also have been published by various publishers as printed books or on the Internet. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wes Brady, Ex-slave, Marshall Edited
Wes or WES may refer to: Organizations * World Education Services, United States and Canada (founded 1974) * Wiltshire Emergency Services, South West England (1998–2014) * Women's Engineering Society, United Kingdom (founded 1919) People * Wes (given name), a list of people and fictional characters so named * Wes Madiko (1964–2021), Cameroonian musician * William Wesley (born 1964), American basketball executive * Wesley Correa, Wesley "Wes" Correa (born 1962), American–Puerto-Rican basketball player Places * Outer Hebrides or ''Western Isles'', IIGA country code * Wesel (district), Germany (on vehicle registration plates) * Westmorland, county in England (Chapman code in genealogy) * WES Commuter Rail, a rail line in Oregon, United States Science and technology * Warehouse execution system, in the distribution industry * Whole exome sequencing, in genomics * Windows Embedded Standard, an operating system {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |