Atlantic Slave Trade: Slaves/Former Slaves Testimonies

The experiences of an individual former-slave who worked as a field worker, a house worker, and then as a slave to a slave trader.

As a slave, Mr. James Williams had not been taught to read or write. Upon his escape to freedom, he dictated his story to the American poet and abolitionist, Jonathan Greenleaf Whittier, and it was published by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

v. 1. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington narratives.--v. 2-10. Texas narratives