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.
This 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
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