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 Nine, comprising 26 narratives, for the state of Mississippi in a series of 34 volumes. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 25 min)

Chapters

Jim Allen 12:50 Read by Cbteddy
Anna Baker 15:01 Read by Christine Rottger
John Cameron 6:53 Read by fshort
Gus Clark 9:13 Read by fshort
James Cornelius 14:30 Read by fshort
Charlie Davenport 22:06 Read by fshort
Gabe Emanuel 8:52 Read by fshort
Dora Franks 10:48 Read by laurakgibbs
Pet Franks 8:06 Read by Inkell
Nettie Henry 12:11 Read by laurakgibbs
Fanny Smith Hodges 7:42 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Wayne Holliday 7:09 Read by John
Prince Johnson 16:50 Read by fshort
Hamp Kennedy 12:15 Read by Katty Cuadra
James Lucas 21:33 Read by Katty Cuadra
Sam Mcallum 27:24 Read by Katty Cuadra
Charlie Moses 11:15 Read by John
Henri Necaise 12:42 Read by Katty Cuadra
Rev. James Singleton 6:31 Read by John
Berry Smith 13:37 Read by John
Susan Snow 13:18 Read by laurakgibbs
Isaac Stier 17:01 Read by Carol H Cox
Jane Sutton 9:35 Read by laurakgibbs
Mollie Williams 11:15 Read by Agnes Robert Behr
Tom Wilson 7:07 Read by Larry Wilson
Clara C. Young 9:38 Read by laurakgibbs