Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 6

"Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States" by the Federal Writers' Project collects powerful stories told by people who lived through slavery, capturing their lives before, during, and after the Civil War. The narratives share personal experiences of life on plantations, like Doc Quinn's time on Colonel Ogburn's cotton plantation, bringing to life the daily lives of the enslaved, their family connections, and their cultural traditions. It shows their struggles for survival, the challenges they faced gaining freedom, and how slavery shaped their memories and their futures, giving a full picture of an important time in American history through the voices of those who lived it.