How I started my research:
Thousands of first hand accounts, are available online through the Library of Congress’s website. I have begun my research by pulling quotes, photos, and inspiration directly from that website, and reading through the accounts of former slaves. Most of my searches through the narratives are done by searching the entire volumes for keywords; slave cabin, work, food, family, whippings, rape etc. etc. Each of these searches yielded about 100 results from many different peoples accounts. I have started reading them one by one and pulling quotes that I believe illustrate the suffering and degradation that people underwent at the hands of their slave-owners during the time.
Here are some links to what I have begun to pull from so far
LINKS to actual Narratives:
Living Conditions
Account of Life on Plantation, Cabins, Branding...
Another description of beatings and daily life
Ben Simpson
I aint never seen no good times... Jenny
Photo
Rev. Theodore Dwight Weld witnessed accounts
George Kye: narrative University of Oklahoma
Sade's Slave Song: Lyrics
