Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives Quiz
20 Questions
23 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What is the total number of first-person accounts of slavery in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?

Answer hidden

When were the narratives collected as part of the Federal Writers' Project?

Answer hidden

How many black-and-white photographs of former slaves are included in 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?

Answer hidden

When were the narratives digitized and the photographs scanned from the originals?

Answer hidden

What is the joint presentation of the online collection 'Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938'?

Answer hidden

How are the published volumes containing edited slave narratives arranged?

Answer hidden

What was assembled and microfilmed in 1941?

Answer hidden

What was renamed as Work Projects Administration (WPA)?

Answer hidden

Who provided major support for digitizing the narratives and scanning photographs?

Answer hidden

Where are administrative files for the project bound?

Answer hidden

Who was the National Advisor on Folklore and Folkways for the FWP?

Answer hidden

In which years did the WPA Federal Writers' Project send out-of-work writers to interview ordinary people?

Answer hidden

Which state's FWP director was responsible for editing and transferring the narratives to Washington, D.C.?

Answer hidden

Who organized the narratives by state and then alphabetically by name of informant within each state?

Answer hidden

When did the FWP lose its funding?

Answer hidden

Who undertook the remaining editing and indexing of the narratives after the FWP lost its funding?

Answer hidden

Where are the multivolume set and other project files housed?

Answer hidden

Who was responsible for collecting ex-slave interviews housed in other archives in later volumes?

Answer hidden

Which anthology contains selections from the Library of Congress collection?

Answer hidden

Where are additional works using these narratives as well as other slave narratives listed?

Answer hidden

More Like This

Use Quizgecko on...
Browser
Browser