This study of slavery was done using three sources of information.
Primary: I used an American Slave Narrative with Ben Horry speaking from his
point of view from the time of the Civil War.
Secondary: I also read chapters from a book called The Fields Of Fury.
My responses: My responses are my personal opinon and they make my web more
interesting.
"From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South
were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress
Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave
regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences
on plantations, in cities, and on small farms."
The Interviews
The interviews are in the collection of the Library of Congress.
I read the transcribed interview with Ben Horry
It can be found at: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/horry1.html
Click here to see my Inspiration web about this person's
life as a slave.