Editing Slave narrative (section)

===WPA slave narratives===
{{Main|Slave Narrative Collection}}

During the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s, the [[New Deal]] [[Works Projects Administration]] (WPA) employed writers and researchers from the [[Federal Writers' Project]] to interview and document the stories of African Americans who were former slaves. Most had been children when the [[Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution|Thirteenth Amendment]] was passed. Produced between 1936 and 1938, the narratives recount the experiences of more than 2,300 former slaves. Some interviews were recorded; 23 of 26 known audio recordings are held by the [[American Folklife Center]] of the [[Library of Congress]].<ref name="fountain"/><ref>Library of Congress Project: WPA. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19446/19446-h/19446-h.htm ''Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 3.''] Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1941. Retrieved December 31, 2010.</ref> The last interview of a former slave was with [[Fountain Hughes]], then 101, in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1949.<ref name="fountain">[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/110/ "Interview with Fountain Hughes, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949"], American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, World Digital Library. Retrieved May 26, 2013.</ref> He was a grandson of a slave owned by President [[Thomas Jefferson]] at [[Monticello]].