Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interview…


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(4 stars; 4 reviews)

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 for the state of Kentucky, Volume 7 in a series of 34 volumes. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 1 min)

Chapters

Dan Bogie 6:25 Read by CBilson
George Henderson 5:45 Read by Chris Pyle
Harriet Mason 5:33 Read by Chris Pyle
Bert Mayfield 8:35 Read by fshort
Will Oats 3:04 Read by Jenn Carter
Belle Robinson 2:07 Read by Inkell
Edd Shirley 2:06 Read by CBilson
Wes Woods 6:59 Read by AParks
Ann Gudgel 3:22 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Mrs. Heyburn 2:05 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
George Scruggs 4:47 Read by Larry Wilson
Harriet Mason 4:27 Read by Sandra Huston
Rev. John R. Cox 4:30 Read by BookWorm30
Mrs. Duncan 5:16 Read by AParks
Elizabeth Alexander 7:21 Read by Stunning
Amelia Jones 8:28 Read by Stunning
Jenny McKee 4:23 Read by BookWorm30
Susan Dale Sanders 6:52 Read by LadyBirdD
John Anderson 2:06 Read by TheLionofLegend
Joana Owens 2:31 Read by TheLionofLegend
Martha J. Jones 2:56 Read by BookWorm30
Charlie Richmond 7:58 Read by RickHall
George Dorsey 11:44 Read by RickHall
Annie B. Boyd 8:18 Read by Georgie63
Kate Billingsby 4:06 Read by Georgie63
Nannie Eaves 3:35 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Mary Wright 10:17 Read by TriciaG
Sophia Word 6:00 Read by TriciaG
Boyd County 13:19 Read by LadyBirdD
Mandy Gibson 5:54 Read by TriciaG
Scott Mitchell 3:27 Read by Stunning
Union County 2:51 Read by Stunning
Nancy Austin 4:10 Read by Stunning
Rockcastle County 2:15 Read by Stunning
Clark County 12:43 Read by Chocolate Yoddah
Montgomery County 3:55 Read by RickHall
Edd Shirley 2:34 Read by RickHall
Mrs. C. Hood 2:40 Read by TriciaG
Peter Bruner 5:45 Read by RickHall
Easter Sudie Campbell 11:52 Read by TriciaG
Uncle Dick and The Last Wolf 7:35 Read by RickHall
Negro Holiness Meetings 3:50 Read by Greg Giordano
Superstitions of the Negro Race 6:42 Read by Greg Giordano
Negro Folk Songs 2:53 Read by Greg Giordano
Annie Morgan 4:05 Read by Donald Warren
Cora Torian 5:31 Read by TriciaG
Mary Wooldridge 11:29 Read by Larry Wilson
Caldwell County 4:19 Read by RickHall
Tinie Force and Elvira Lewis 8:52 Read by earl
Lawrence, Leslie, Garrard, and Webster Counties 4:01 Read by RickHall
Esther Hudspeth 3:06 Read by TheLionofLegend
Anderson County 2:32 Read by AParks
Knox County 1:28 Read by RickHall
Clark County 2:10 Read by RickHall
Casey County 2:39 Read by RickHall
Christian County - Hoo-Dooism 3:54 Read by Greg Giordano
Hopkins County and Martin County 3:01 Read by RickHall

Reviews

why do we have to hear this long title read out twice?!


(5 stars)

The words of these ex-slaves have such power, speaking out of history Shame these excerpts are so short

bizarre .. Hardly any actual slave narrative?


(1.5 stars)