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Primary Sources The Surviving Recordings of the Slave Narratives Part 2 of 2
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Posted on 09/29/2022 2:02:53 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

7,976 views Jun 23, 2020 The second part of a compilation of audio recorded interviews with former slaves which were mostly taken in the 1930s and 1940s.

0:00 Video Beginning 00:06 Aunt Harriett Smith, Texas (1941) (Good Audio Quality) 34:23 Celia Black, Texas (1974) (Good Audio Quality - Watch Out for Squeaky Door Near the Beginning) 55:37 Laura Smalley, Texas (1941) (Good Audio Quality) 1:45:05 Uncle Billy McCrea, Texas (1940) - (Good Audio Quality) 2:06:04 Annie Williams, Virginia (circa 1937) (Poor Audio Quality) 2:10:19 Aunt Phoebe Boyd, Virginia (1935) (Medium Audio Quality) 2:49:31 Mrs. Williams, Virginia (circa 1937) (Medium Audio Quality - Quite Fuzzy in Parts) 2:54:59 Sarah Ashton Brooks (Daughter of Sally Ashton), Virginia (1934) (Good Audio Quality) 2:58:01 Sally Ashton, Virginia (1934) (Good Audio Quality) 3:01:59 Sarah Garner, Virginia (1935) (Medium Audio Quality - Quite Fuzzy) 3:21:21 Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson, Virginia (1935) (Medium Audio Quality - Quite Fuzzy) 3:50:16 Unidentified Former Slaves, Virginia (Circa 1937) (Medium Audio Quality)

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TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: civilwar; firsthand; recordings; slavery; slaves
I came across the first instalment of this a few years ago. Now part two of this has appeared on my new computer at random, so I'm nailing it down, and hoping that Part 1 shows up again.
1 posted on 09/29/2022 2:02:53 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

I listened to part 1 a long time ago.


2 posted on 09/29/2022 2:10:33 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Eleutheria5

Thanks


3 posted on 09/29/2022 5:49:52 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Colin Kapernick is all in a knot over the one-time existence of slavery in America, but pitches shoes made by slaves, and probably doesn’t care to listen to the first-hand account of slaves.


4 posted on 09/29/2022 9:33:25 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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