Historic Stagville

Stagville Slave Narratives

Suitable for grades 8-12

Time:  30 minutes

Fee:  None

Student Limit:  60

In this activity, students will analyze WPA slave narratives.  After reading three transcripts from the WPA slave narrative project of the 1930s that feature former enslaved people from Stagville, students and a facilitator will analyze the narratives for meanings below the surface.

Doc Edwards, once enslaved at Stagville