African American Records
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The Federal Writers' Project was part of the Depression-era Works Progress
Administration. Designed to provide work for
unemployed writers, the project involved more than 300 writers in 24 states.
These writers collected stories (oral histories) from
more than 10,000 people from 1935 through 1942.
The link below is to an oral history taken from Melissa (Lowe) Barden, a native of Chattooga County, and a former slave of David Lowe:
Slave Narrative of Melissa (Lowe) Bardon
Photograph of Melissa (Lowe) Barden.
The GAGenWeb African American History Link
A Slave Inventory of Franklin Washington Cheney