This website contains more than 2300 accounts of slavery, and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. This website was created by The Library of Congress, "The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning."
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