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    1. Re: [CIVIL-WAR] complete Slave Narratives
    2. Edward Harding
    3. Hi Renee, The only copy of the complete Slave Narratives that I know of can be found at Ancestry.com's store online. You can find bits and pieces of them online, but this is the only complete version I've found. The link to them is http://shops.ancestry.com/product.asp?productid=1950&shopid=127&catid=145&breadcrumb=D127ED145E It's amazing what you can read in these narratives, and the former slaves who were interviewed give so much information about themselves and their lives. One thing to note about them - I've found numerous spelling errors from Ancestry's transcribers. Besides the spelling errors, they did an excellent job of transcribing the Southern Black dialect. Some of the narratives are almost like reading a foreign language, but it's pretty easy to understand everything. Hope this is of some help to you. Edward http://ehardingwbtsancestors.homestead.com/Index.html

    03/12/2006 03:51:08