During the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal established the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which launched the Federal Writers' Project. This important initiative documented oral histories from formerly enslaved individuals throughout the American South, preserving invaluable firsthand testimonies of life before and after emancipation. Join our historic site rangers as they share testimonies and explore the historical significance of these preserved oral histories. These accou
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During the 1930s, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal established the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which launched the Federal Writers' Project. This important initiative documented oral histories from formerly enslaved individuals throughout the American South, preserving invaluable firsthand testimonies of life before and after emancipation. Join our historic site rangers as they share testimonies and explore the historical significance of these preserved oral histories. These accou
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Excerpts, like this one, from the WPA Slave narratives are inscribed on the memorial walls at Whitney Plantation. Visit whitneyplantation.org to book a tour to see the memorials, original cabins, and other historic structures at Whitney Plantation. Reenacted audio from a written WPA interview in 1937 with Clara ,Brim who was enslaved in Branch, Louisiana. #whitneyplantation #lestweforget #slavery #slavenarratives #americanhistory #blackhistory | Whitney Plantation
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Excerpts, like this one, from the WPA Slave narratives are inscribed on the memorial walls at Whitney Plantation. Visit whitneyplantation.org to book a tour to see the memorials, original cabins, and other historic structures at Whitney Plantation. Reenacted audio from a written WPA interview in 1937 with Clara ,Brim who was enslaved in Branch, Louisiana. #whitneyplantation #lestweforget #slavery #slavenarratives #americanhistory #blackhistory | Whitney Plantation
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