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The idea of interviewing slaves about their experiences dates to the 1760s, when abolitionists first began to publish slave narratives as a way to educate the public to the horrors of slavery. From 1929 to 1932, the social sciences department at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, sponsored a project to gather more interviews. In 1934, one of the Fisk project workers suggested the federal government hire unemployed white-collar blacks to undertake similar projects in Indiana and Kentucky. Two years later, the Works Progress Administration directed the Federal Writers' Project teams in...

UPDATED JUNE 2017. In this incredibly scenic and historic tip of West Wales, readers may follow six half- to full-day driving tours past prehistoric cromlechs, stone circles, abbeys, Norman castles, medieval churches, and much more. From the mysterious Preseli Hills to the rugged cliffs of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, this book provides trips back in time through this dramatically beautiful corner of Great Britain.

With exclusive photography, detailed maps, and engaging text, Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads supplies thirteen tours within easy range of metropolitan centers like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk.