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 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 | 2:06 | 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 | 7:22 | Read by Stunning |
| Amelia Jones | 8:28 | Read by Stunning |
| Jenny McKee | 4:24 | Read by BookWorm30 |
| Susan Dale Sanders | 6:52 | Read by LadyBirdD |
| John Anderson | 2:07 | Read by TheLionofLegend |
| Joana Owens | 2:31 | Read by TheLionofLegend |
| Martha J. Jones | 2:57 | Read by BookWorm30 |
| Charlie Richmond | 7:58 | Read by RickHall |
| George Dorsey | 11:45 | Read by RickHall |
| Annie B. Boyd | 8:19 | Read by Georgie63 |
| Kate Billingsby | 4:07 | 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 | 13:18 | 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 | 4:11 | 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 | 2:35 | Read by RickHall |
| Mrs. C. Hood | 2:40 | Read by TriciaG |
| Peter Bruner | 5:46 | 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 | 6:43 | 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 | 2:33 | Read by AParks |
| Knox County | 1:29 | Read by RickHall |
| Clark County | 2:10 | Read by RickHall |
| Casey County | 2:39 | Read by RickHall |
| Christian County - Hoo-Dooism | 3:55 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Hopkins County and Martin County | 3:02 | Read by RickHall |
Reviews
why do we have to hear this long title read out twice?!
A LibriVox Listener
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?
Grace