Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 10, Missouri, Abbot-YoungerPart of the Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 to 1938. Interviews were conducted in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Caruthersville, Commerce, Farmington, Festus, Fredericktown, Hannibal, Herculaneum, Jackson, Joplin, Marshall, Montgomery City, Nelson, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Savannah, Sedalia, Skidmore, Skidmore Nodaway County, St. Joseph, St. Louis, St. Louis County, and Webb City, Missouri.