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 Twelve for the state of Ohio, in a series of 34 volumes. - Summary by Larry Wilson (4 hr 49 min)

Chapters

Charles H. Anderson 11:43 Read by MelissaMarie
Melissa Barden 2:39 Read by Larry Wilson
Susan Bledsoe 4:43 Read by Inkell
Phoebe Bost 2:49 Read by Georgie63
Ben Brown 8:58 Read by Robert Dipboye
Sarah Woods Burke 7:17 Read by Georgie63
James Campbell 9:37 Read by Georgie63
Fleming Clark 8:38 Read by Georgie63
Hannah Davidson 15:07 Read by MelissaMarie
Mary Belle Dempsey 4:08 Read by PhyllisV
Nancy East 6:35 Read by MelissaMarie
Wade Glenn 5:38 Read by Georgie63
David A. Hall 9:11 Read by Georgie63
Celia Henderson 18:42 Read by PhyllisV
George Jackson 13:35 Read by Georgie63
Perry Sid Jemison 18:17 Read by Georgie63
Julia King 8:59 Read by MelissaMarie
Angeline Lester 4:50 Read by PhyllisV
Kisey Mckimm 6:18 Read by Rebecca Eden Walker
Thomas Mcmillan 6:59 Read by Georgie63
Sarah Mann 4:56 Read by PhyllisV
John Williams Matheus 7:53 Read by Robert Dipboye
William Nelson 6:25 Read by Robert Dipboye
Catherine Slim 7:31 Read by PhyllisV
Jennie Small 5:11 Read by PhyllisV
Anna Smith 9:29 Read by PhyllisV
Nan Stewart 15:34 Read by PhyllisV
Samuel Sutton 14:57 Read by redrun
Richard Toler 10:40 Read by Greg Giordano
Julia Williams 10:49 Read by MelissaMarie
Julia Williams, supplemental story 4:41 Read by MelissaMarie
Reverend Williams 9:35 Read by Greg Giordano
William Williams 6:51 Read by Greg Giordano