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 Alabama, the first in the series of 34 volumes.
- Summary by Larry Wilson (15 hr 24 min)

Chapters

Charlie Aarons 7:55 Read by docdlmartin
Anthony Abercrombie 7:17 Read by docdlmartin
Molly Ammond (Ammonds) 5:01 Read by Inkell
Charity Anderson 5:42 Read by docdlmartin
Gus Askew 3:04 Read by docdlmartin
Tom Baker 5:17 Read by docdlmartin
Henry Barnes 10:09 Read by docdlmartin
Nathan Beauchamp 4:09 Read by docdlmartin
Oliver Bell 12:48 Read by docdlmartin
Nelson Birdsong 5:14 Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Ank Bishop 8:13 Read by David Onley
Siney Bonner 7:28 Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Jennie Bowen 4:59 Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Nannie Bradfield 4:50 Read by Carol Sutton
Martha Bradley 5:39 Read by fshort
Allen Brown 2:26 Read by Greg Giordano
Gus Brown 5:33 Read by Greg Giordano
Walter Calloway 7:16 Read by Greg Giordano
Esther King Casey 6:06 Read by fshort
Amy Chapman 7:16 Read by fshort
Emma Chapman 7:39 Read by De Anna Lee
Henry Cheatam 11:25 Read by Greg Giordano
Laura Clark 10:53 Read by fshort
Hattie Clayton 4:12 Read by De Anna Lee
Wadley "Shorty" Clemons 6:10 Read by David Onley
William Colbert 6:23 Read by Greg Giordano
Tildy Collins 9:25 Read by fshort
Sara Colquitt 7:24 Read by Christine Rottger
Mandy McCullough Cosby 4:49 Read by Carol Sutton
Emma Crockett 5:12 Read by De Anna Lee
Cheney Cross 21:48 Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Matilda Pugh Daniel 5:19 Read by NarratorOcci
Carrie Davis 8:30 Read by NarratorOcci
Clara Davis 4:34 Read by De Anna Lee
George Dillard 3:30 Read by Greg Giordano
Ella Dilliard 7:57 Read by De Anna Lee
Rufus Dirt 4:44 Read by Larry Wilson
Katherine Eppes 5:58 Read by fshort
Reuben Fitzpatrick 3:04 Read by Larry Wilson
Heywood Ford 5:19 Read by David Onley
Bert Frederick 5:02 Read by Greg Giordano
Delia Garlic 7:59 Read by De Anna Lee
Angie Garrett 8:47 Read by LilyAnne
Henry Garry 13:34 Read by Greg Giordano
Georgia 2:34 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Fannie Gibson 2:47 Read by De Anna Lee
Frank Gill 10:15 Read by David Onley
Jim Gillard 6:24 Read by Greg Giordano
Mary Ella Grandberry 20:19 Read by Christine Rottger
Esther Green 7:38 Read by NarratorOcci
Jake Green 6:25 Read by David Onley
Charity Grigsby 7:13 Read by fshort
Charles Hayes 4:18 Read by David Onley
Lizzie Hill 3:04 Read by De Anna Lee
Gabe Hines 6:45 Read by Greg Giordano
Adeline Hodges 8:01 Read by De Anna Lee
Caroline Holland 6:09 Read by fshort
Jane Holloway 4:50 Read by Maria Angela R. Aragon
Joseph Holmes 23:39 Read by David Onley
Josh Horn 20:52 Read by David Onley
Emma L. Howard 9:07 Read by fshort
Everett Ingram 6:14 Read by LilyAnne
Hannah Irwin 5:32 Read by LilyAnne
Martha Jackson 8:19 Read by LilyAnne
Jane 8:07 Read by amkelleymd
Randolph Johnson 3:57 Read by David Onley
Hilliard Johnson 8:25 Read by LilyAnne
Abraham Jones 7:45 Read by Lazz
Emma Jones 5:27 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Hannah Jones 6:14 Read by Lazz
Josephine 2:33 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Lucindy Lawrence Jurdon 4:13 Read by De Anna Lee
Lucy Kimball 8:42 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Ellen King 4:48 Read by J. E. Holt
Mandy Leslie 8:31 Read by De Anna Lee
Dellie Lewis 7:28 Read by czandra
Lightnin' 3:38 Read by David Onley
Billy Abraham Longslaughter 5:31 Read by Lazz
Louis 10:46 Read by Lazz
Tom McAlpin 7:30 Read by David Onley
Anne Maddox 7:18 Read by amkelleymd
Mandy 5:36 Read by amkelleymd
Frank Menefee 7:41 Read by Larry Wilson
Isaam Morgan 7:54 Read by Larry Wilson
Tony Morgan 4:37 Read by J. E. Holt
Mose 9:00 Read by David Onley
Sally Murphy 7:24 Read by fshort
Hattie Anne Nettles 4:52 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
W.E. Northcross 13:51 Read by Larry Wilson
Wade Owens 7:11 Read by David Onley
Molly Parker 3:01 Read by De Anna Lee
Lindy Patton 2:54 Read by De Anna Lee
Simon Phillips 7:27 Read by David Onley
Roxy Pitts 4:52 Read by Brian Burruss
Carrie Pollard 6:26 Read by PhyllisV
Irene Poole 6:04 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Nicey Pugh 7:25 Read by Maxine
Sally Reynolds 4:51 Read by amkelleymd
Mary Rice 2:56 Read by De Anna Lee
Cornelia Robinson 5:20 Read by fshort
Gus Rogers 5:03 Read by fshort
Janie Scott 6:51 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Maugan Shepherd 4:15 Read by fshort
Allen Sims 6:13 Read by David Onley
Frank Smith 7:21 Read by David Onley
John Smith 8:22 Read by David Onley
Annie Stanton 6:33 Read by Larry Wilson
Theodore Fontaine Stewart 6:09 Read by Greg Giordano
George Strickland 7:15 Read by David Onley
Cull Taylor 7:22 Read by Greg Giordano
Daniel Taylor 5:25 Read by Brian Burruss
George Taylor 9:05 Read by David Onley
Amanda Tellis 4:05 Read by De Anna Lee
Ellen Thomas 8:15 Read by J. E. Holt
Elizabeth Thomas 2:41 Read by De Anna Lee
Mollie Tillman 4:26 Read by czandra
Alonza Fantroy Toombs 5:34 Read by Greg Giordano
William Henry Towns 17:31 Read by David Onley
Stepney Underwood 5:52 Read by fshort
Charlie Van Dyke 6:37 Read by J. E. Holt
Lilah Walker 7:20 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Simon Walker 6:07 Read by Greg Giordano
Lucindia Washington 9:04 Read by De Anna Lee
Eliza White 6:31 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Mingo White 22:26 Read by David Onley
Abe Whitess 4:14 Read by David Onley
Callie Williams 8:14 Read by De Anna Lee
Silvia Witherspoon 7:17 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
George Young 10:39 Read by Larry Wilson