Full Transcript of Felix Haywood's Narrative
Transcribed Excerpts from Felix Haywood's Narrative
Source-Dependent Questions
- Describe Felix Haywood's feelings upon the end of the Civil War.
- What type of possibilities for the future did freedom present to Haywood and other former slaves?
- According to Haywood, why did he think that after his emancipation he would become rich? Thinking beyond the document, what challenges would Haywood and other former slaves have faced that would have made it difficult to gain economic freedom?
Citation Information
Haywood, Felix, "Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 16, Texas, Part 2, Easter-King," 1936. Courtesy of Library of Congress