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 |