The first part of a compilation of audio recorded interviews with former slaves which were mostly taken in the 1930s and 1940s.

0:00 Introduction 2:09 Alice Gaston, Alabama (1941) (Good Audio Quality) 5:17 Isom Moseley, Alabama (1941) - (Mostly Good Audio Quality - Some Loud Background Noise at Points) 15:26 Joe McDonald, Alabama (1940) (Good Audio Quality) 19:17 Charlie Smith, Florida (1975) (Mostly Good Audio Quality - Some Background Noise) 48:25 Dave White, Georgia (1933) (Poor Audio Quality) 55:34 Wallace Quarterman, Georgia (1935) (Medium Audio Quality - Loud Background Noise - Watch Out for Loud Dog Barking Incredibly Loudly and There’s a Pause Halfway Through Before Singing Starts) 1:04:54 Wallace Quarterman, Georgia (1933) (Medium-Poor Audio Quality) 1:10:49 Fountain Hughes, Maryland (1949) (Good Audio Quality - Deceptively Loud in the Beginning) 1:40:06 George Johnson, Mississippi (1941) (Medium Audio Quality) 2:58:22 Irene Williams, Mississippi (1940) (Good Audio Quality - Watch Out for Loud Blare in the Beginning) - 3:11:42 Ann Scott, South Carolina (1932) (Medium Audio Quality - Very Loud in the Beginning) 3:20:22 Samuel Polite, South Carolina (1932) (Medium Audio Quality - Very Fuzzy) 3:29:38 Susan A. Quall, South Carolina (1932) (Medium Audio Quality)

Digitized Collections of the Transcripts of Around 2,300 Interviews With Former Slaves: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/

Alice Gaston - Gee’s Bend, Alabama Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941018_afs05091b/

Isom Moseley - Gee’s Bend, Alabama Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941018_afs05091a

Joe McDonald and unidentified woman - Livingstone, Alabama Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs04033b/

Charlie Smith - Bartow, Florida Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1975023_afs17510

Dave White - St Simons Island, Georgia Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25666a

Wallace Quarterman - Fort Frederica, St Simon’s Island, Georgia (1935) Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1935001_afs00342a/

Wallace Quarterman - St Simon’s Island, Georgia (1933) Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25665a

Fountain Hughes - Baltimore, Maryland Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1950037_afs09990a

George Johnson - Mound Bayou, Mississippi (1941) Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1941002_afs04777a

Irene Williams - Rome, Mississippi (1940) Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs04011a/

Ann Scott - St. Helena Island, South Carolina (1932)

Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25657a

Samuel Polite - St. Helena Island, South Carolina (1932)

Recording Part 1: (you can get the transcript by clicking on the link and clicking ‘PDF’ next to where it says ‘transcript’ just underneath the audio player): https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1984011_afs25656a