This webpage presents the stories of slaves born between 1823
and 1860s regarding their thoughts on slavery, slaveholders, coercion of
slaves, their families, and freedom. Their stories not only focus on the
hardship of their time during enslavement but also on their lives as a whole,
as many of the interviews take places almost 60 years after their enslavement ended.
These stories can be related to the works of Cullen and Truslow Adams, as it relates to the American Dream in the way that these individuals
have grown from nothing to create long fulfilling lives for themselves, and a 'happier life' as expressed by Truslow Adams. For
many people in enslavement their ‘American Dream’ is freedom, of which some of
these stories portray.
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