Slave Narratives Online

"Been Here So Long": Selections from the W.P.A. American Slave Narratives --  a site designed for African American history educators with 17 narratives, lesson plans for teachers, questions for further study and resources for research.

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 -- an online exhibit from the Library of Congress American Memory Project consisting of collected prints and photographs, a note about the language of the narratives, and links to related resources.

EdSitement Lesson Plan -- Slave Narratives: Constructing U. S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources -- A lesson plan for teachers of African American history or related subjects with resource links to Internet collection of slave narratives and activities for students.

Excerpts from Slave Naratives, edited by Steven Mintz. -- collected documents from the University of Houston

North American Slave Narratives from Documenting the American South -- a collection of over 400 primary documents from the writings of slaves, famous historical African Americans, and eighteenth and nineteenth century American political leaders maintained by the Library of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

The Slave Narrative. a web page created for educating students about using slave naratives for literary research. Contains links to Online collections of slave narratives and a searchable timeline.  Created by Donna M. Campbell, instructor at Washington State University.

Slave Narratives. Resources to accompany PBS television documentaries.

Slavery and the Making of America (PBS) -- Resources and links to collection of slave narratives on the Internet that accompany the PBS television documentary of the WPA Slave Narratives.

Voices from the Days of Slavery: a searchable collection of documents from the Library of Congress American Memory Project.

Other Resources

HBO: Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives -- Information for obtaining an HBO Documentary program.