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Name: Date:
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer’s Project, 1936-1938
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml
Read the questions below. Keep them in mind as you read/study 3 selections from the Slave Narratives website. Answer the questions on this paper.
1. Name and age of ex-slave:
2. City or state where interviewed:
3. Where did they live as a slave? What is the tone or attitude of the person?
4. What can you tell about the person’s use of words or vocabulary?
Select quotes to provide support for these questions:
5. What are the conditions of this person’s life in the 1930’s?
6. What hardships do they talk about?
7. What was interesting or surprising to you in this slave narrative interview? |