Slave+Narratives

RESOURCES:

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives From the Federal Writers' Project 1936-38

Documenting the American South

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Unchained Memories- Student Guide

Unchained Memories- Readings from the Slave Narratives

Reading Assignments- Actively Read- Annotate the Text-Take notes. Make a list of specific details that you did not know about slavery.



Group 1: Excerpt from Frederick Douglas-  Narrative LIfe of Frederick Douglass

Group 2: Mary 's Account- MARY REYNOLDS -AMERICAN SLAVE NARRATIVES AN ONLINE ANTHOLOGY

Group 3: Olaudah Equiano Account-

The Interesting Life and Narrative of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa. The African. Written by himself- Project Guttenberg ebook

Group 4: Solomon Northrup Account-

12 Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northrup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853

AMISTAD- THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

UNCHAINED MEMORIES

NPR Twelve Years A Slave

NPR Coming to Terms With Her Family's Slave Owning Past