45 Primary Sources
Primary Source Document: Slaves—Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom by Louis Hughes
Primary Source Document: Slaves—Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on Slavery
Primary Source Document: Soldiers—Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on Being a Civil War Soldier.
Primary Source Document: Soldiers—I Hope to Fall With My Face to the Foe by Lewis Douglas.
Primary Source Document: Soldiers—Letters from Spotswood Rice.
Primary Source Document: Soldiers—Letter to President Lincoln by Hannah Johnson
Primary Source Document: Soldiers—Jacob Stroyer: My Experience in the Civil War
Primary Source Document: Emancipation—Selections from the WPA Interviews of Formerly Enslaved African Americans on Emancipation
Primary Source Document: Emancipation—Maryland Slave to the President
Primary Source Document: Emancipation—George W. Hatton: Retaliation in Camp
Primary Source Document: Emancipation—Black Residents of Nashville to the Union Convention
See individual documents for correct attributions.
