Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…


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These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project Administration. They consist of verbatim records of personal interviews with former slaves conducted during 1936-1938

"These life histories, taken down as far as possible in the narrators' words, constitute an invaluable body of unconscious evidence or indirect source material, . . . The narratives belong to folk history—history recovered from the memories and lips of participants or eye-witnesses,” This is volume one for the state of North Carolina. (Summary by Larry Wilson) (11 hr 5 min)

Chapters

Louisa Adams 11:15 Read by Penny Witt
Ida Adkins 7:32 Read by docdlmartin
Martha Allen 3:53 Read by Lazz
Joseph Anderson 3:22 Read by KleioMilia
Mary Anderson 13:39 Read by KleioMilia
Cornelia Andrews 6:55 Read by Penny Witt
Mary Anngady 16:15 Read by Ronell
Jane Arrington 6:27 Read by Ronell
Sarah Louis Augustus 11:51 Read by lestat24
Charuty Austin 9:15 Read by lestat24
Blound Baker 3:28 Read by Lazz
Lizzie Baker 5:49 Read by Penny Witt
Viney Baker 2:28 Read by D.L. Blair
Charlie Barbour 7:32 Read by Quincy Minor
Mary Barbour 6:04 Read by Carol Sutton
Alice Baugh 7:36 Read by Carol Sutton
John Beckwith 6:15 Read by Quincy Minor
John C. Bectom 10:50 Read by Dar'Keith Lofton
Laura Bell 6:55 Read by ABC123yuv
Emma Blalock 8:44 Read by Jacqueline Tyler.
David Blount 9:18 Read by Kevin Waters
Clay Bobbit 3:18 Read by Lazz
Henry Bobbitt 9:22 Read by Quincy Minor
Herndon Bogan 5:16 Read by D.L. Blair
Andrew Boone 12:54 Read by Jerome Ware
W.L. Bost 15:59 Read by KleioMilia
Mary Wallace Bowe 9:08 Read by Penny Witt
Lucy Brown 2:49 Read by Phil Chenevert
Midge Burnett 4:16 Read by Margaret Lange
Fanny Cannady 9:04 Read by Margaret Lange
Betty Cofer 18:12 Read by fshort
John Coggin 4:49 Read by Kerry Adams
Mandy Coverson 4:25 Read by Carol Sutton
Willie Cozart 7:58 Read by Quincy Minor
Hannah Crasson 12:40 Read by Jacqueline Tyler.
Julia Crenshaw 1:51 Read by Carol Sutton
Zeb Crowder 7:55 Read by KHand
Adeline Crump 5:21 Read by Penny Witt
Bill Crump 5:55 Read by Jerome Ware
Charlie Crump 6:15 Read by Quincy Minor
Mattie Curtis 8:11 Read by KHand
Charles Lee Dalton 8:16 Read by KHand
John Daniels 3:25 Read by Kevin Waters
Harriet Ann Daves 5:48 Read by Carol Sutton
Jerry Davis 4:27 Read by J. Damain
W.S. Debnam 8:30 Read by J. Damain
Sarah Debro 13:23 Read by Penny Witt
Charles W. Dickens 5:47 Read by D.L. Blair
Margaret E. Dickens 5:10 Read by bkelle
Rev. Squire Dowd 8:27 Read by Kaleb A. Suedfeld
Fannie Dunn 6:15 Read by Carol Sutton
Jennylin Dunn 3:56 Read by Carol Sutton
Lucy Ann Dunn 8:17 Read by Carol Sutton
Tempie Herndon Durham 14:02 Read by Tanzania Ware
George Eatman 3:41 Read by D.L. Blair
Doc Edwards 3:35 Read by D.L. Blair
John Evans 5:42 Read by D.L. Blair
Lindsey Faucette 7:05 Read by Inkell
Ora M. Flagg 4:51 Read by Carol Sutton
Analiza Foster 3:44 Read by Tanzania Ware
Georgianna Foster 4:58 Read by Little Beetle
Frank Freeman 6:23 Read by Kevin Waters
Addy Gill 7:27 Read by Jerome Ware
Robert Glenn 18:55 Read by Eric Johnson
Sarah Anne Green 10:45 Read by Penny Witt
Dorcas Griffeth 6:36 Read by LaurieB
Sarah Gudger 19:58 Read by Tanzania Ware
Thomas Hall 5:39 Read by sierasimone
Hecter Hamilton 11:00 Read by fshort
George W. Harris 6:05 Read by shanban0303
Sarah Harris 6:07 Read by Penny Witt
Cy Hart 5:32 Read by Aakarsh Garg
Alonzo Haywood 3:06 Read by Matt Stiner
Barbara Haywood 4:31 Read by April6090
Isabell Henderson 3:46 Read by shanban0303
Essex Henry 9:11 Read by Jerome Ware
Milly Henry 9:37 Read by LaurieB
Chaney Hews 7:45 Read by Jacqueline Tyler.
Joe High 11:39 Read by Jerome Ware
Susan High 5:33 Read by Allegra LittleCole
Kitty Hill 8:16 Read by Lazz
Jerry Hinton 7:04 Read by Kevin Waters
Martha Adeline Hinton 5:06 Read by Carol Sutton
Robert Hinton 6:01 Read by D.L. Blair
William George Hinton 7:10 Read by Jerome Ware
Eustace Hodges 3:48 Read by Jerome Ware
Alex Huggins 6:35 Read by Jerome Ware
Charlie H. Hunter 5:23 Read by Jerome Ware
Elbert Hunter 6:10 Read by Jerome Ware