In the 1930s, thousands of former American slaves were interviewed and their narratives were housed in archives. I WAS A SLAVE contains the ex-slaves' dictated words primarily in southern dialect along with photographs. Book 6: Slave Auctions is filled with descriptions of the sales of slaves by those people who were being sold, traded, inherited, and gifted. The describe the what happened behind the scenes before the sales and the impact that they had on the family members. Their powerful words provide their intimate viewpoint of history.