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Old 12-22-2010, 02:53 AM   #17
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There was an excellent project done in the early 1930s in which government employees went around interviewing the living ex-slaves and writing down their narratives, as well. I think it was simply called "Slave Narratives."
Living ex-slaves in the 1930's? From 1865 to 1930 is 65 years. Slaves who were only 10 years old when they were freed would be 75 years old at the start of the 1930s. I wonder how good their memories were.
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