3+ Hours 1940s AFRICAN AMERICAN FORMER SLAVE SLAVERY INTERVIEWS On 3 Audio CD s

Description

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NOTE: These recordings were taken from early phonographs - they contain hiss, pops and similar surface noise.
TOTAL TIME:
76 Minutes 32 Seconds for Volume 1.
TOTAL TIME:
71 Minutes 22 Seconds for Volume 2.
TOTAL TIME:
55 Minutes 15 Seconds for Volume 3.
OVERVIEW for VOLUMES 1 through 3
This audio CD provides the opportunity to listen to former slaves describe their lives. These interviews, conducted in the 1940s, capture the recollections of a number of identifiable people born between 1823 and the early 1860s and known to have been former slaves. Several of the people interviewed were centenarians, the oldest being 130 at the time of the interview.
These recordings were made in nine Southern states and provide an important glimpse of what life was like for slaves and freedmen. The former slaves discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, how slaves were coerced, their families, and, of course, freedom. It is important to keep in mind, however, that all of those interviewed spoke sixty or more years after the end of their enslavement, and it is their full lives, rather than their lives during slavery, that are reflected in their words. They have much to say about living as African Americans from the 1870s to the 1930s, and beyond. As part of their testimony, several of the ex-slaves sing songs, many of which were learned during the time of their enslavement.
CONTENTS of VOLUME 1.
1.
Interview with Alice Gaston, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1941.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Gaston, Alice
Interviewer: Sonkin, Robert
NOTES
Recorded by Robert Sonkin, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1941.
2.
Interview with Charlie Smith, Bartow, Florida, March 17, 1975.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Smith, Charlie
Interviewer: Sparks, Elmer E.
NOTES
Recorded by Elmer Sparks, Bartow, Florida, March 17, 1975.
3.
Interview with Fountain Hughes, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Hughes, Fountain
Interviewer: Norwood, Hermond
NOTES
Recorded by Hermond Norwood, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949.
4.
Interview with Uncle Bob Ledbetter, Oil City, Louisiana, 1940.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Ledbetter, Bob
Interviewer: Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Interviewer: Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
NOTES
Recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, Oil City, Louisiana, 1940.
5.
Interview with Joe McDonald, Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: McDonald, Joe
Interviewer: Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Interviewer: Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
NOTES
Recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, Livingston, Alabama, 1940.
CONTENTS of VOLUME 2
1.
Interview with Irene Williams, Rome, Mississippi, October 1940.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Williams, Irene
Interviewer: Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Interviewer: Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
NOTES
Recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, Rome, Mississippi, 1940.
2.
Interview with Isom Moseley, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1941.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Moseley, Isom
Interviewer: Sonkin, Robert
NOTES
Recorded by Robert Sonkin, Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1941.
3.
Interview with Mrs. Laura Smalley, Hempstead, Texas, 1941.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Smalley, Laura
Interviewer: Faulk, John Henry
Interviewer: Unidentified Woman
NOTES
Recorded by John Henry Faulk, Hempstead, Texas, 1941.
CONTENTS of VOLUME 3
1.
Interview with Aunt Harriet Smith, Hempstead, Texas, 1941.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: Smith, Harriet
Interviewer: Faulk, John Henry
NOTES
Disc is cracked causing some loud ticks.
Recorded by John Henry Faulk, Hempstead, Texas, 1941.
2.
Interview with Uncle Billy McCrea, Jasper, Texas, 1940.
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Interviewee: McCrea, Billy
Interviewer: Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948
Interviewer: Lomax, Ruby T. (Ruby Terrill)
NOTES
Recorded by John A. and Ruby T. Lomax, Jasper, Texas, 1940.