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Among Algren's other notable books were The Neon Wilderness, A Walk on The Wild Side and Never Come Morning.

By the 1930s new interpretations of the South, the Civil War, and slavery were being considered because of the first person perspectives of former slaves.

Richard Wright's best-selling novel has influenced generations of African-American authors.

During the 1930s, the Federal Writers' Project was set up in the United States; among its aims was an effort to interview as many surviving ex-slaves as possible.

The Texas Slave Narratives illustrates that slaves were not only aware of the Civil War, but how it changed slavery and their first experiences of freedom.