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Recordings of the Slave Narratives - Part 2 of 2

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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)

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/

Aunt Harriett Smith - Hempstead, Texas (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/afc1941016_afs05499a

Celia Black - Tyler, Texas (1974) 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/afc1975009_afs17476/

Laura Smalley - Hempstead, Texas (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/afc1941016_afs05496a/

Uncle Billy McCrea - Jasper, Texas (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_afs03974a/

Annie Williams - Petersburg, Virginia (1937-40) 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/afc1948015_afs08256a/

Aunt Phoebe Boyde - Dunnsville, Virginia (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/afc1984011_afs25749a

Mrs. Williams - Norfolk, Virginia Circa (1937) 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/afc1948015_afs08245b/

Sally Ashton, Albemarle Co., Virginia (1934) 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_afs25465b/

Sarah Ashton Brooks - Albemarle Co., Virginia (1934) 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_afs25465a

Sarah Garner - Virginia (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/afc1984011_afs25745a

Susanna Rebecca Wright Thompson - Oldhams, Virginia (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/afc1984011_afs25734a

Unidentified Ex-Slaves - Petersburg, Virginia (Circa 1937) 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/afc1948015_afs08301b/

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