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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives

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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 for the state of Kentucky, Volume 7 in a series of 34 volumes. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Language: English

Group: Slave Narratives

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Dan Bogie	CBilson	00:06:25
Play 02	George Henderson	Chris Pyle	00:05:45
Play 03	Harriet Mason	Chris Pyle	00:05:33
Play 04	Bert Mayfield	fshort	00:08:35
Play 05	Will Oats	Jenn Carter	00:03:04
Play 06	Belle Robinson	Inkell	00:02:07
Play 07	Edd Shirley	CBilson	00:02:06
Play 08	Wes Woods	AParks	00:06:59
Play 09	Ann Gudgel	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:03:22
Play 10	Mrs. Heyburn	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:02:06
Play 11	George Scruggs	Larry Wilson	00:04:47
Play 12	Harriet Mason	Sandra Huston	00:04:27
Play 13	Rev. John R. Cox	BookWorm30	00:04:30
Play 14	Mrs. Duncan	AParks	00:05:16
Play 15	Elizabeth Alexander	Stunning	00:07:22
Play 16	Amelia Jones	Stunning	00:08:28
Play 17	Jenny McKee	BookWorm30	00:04:24
Play 18	Susan Dale Sanders	LadyBirdD	00:06:52
Play 19	John Anderson	TheLionofLegend	00:02:07
Play 20	Joana Owens	TheLionofLegend	00:02:31
Play 21	Martha J. Jones	BookWorm30	00:02:57
Play 22	Charlie Richmond	RickHall	00:07:58
Play 23	George Dorsey	RickHall	00:11:45
Play 24	Annie B. Boyd	Georgie63	00:08:19
Play 25	Kate Billingsby	Georgie63	00:04:07
Play 26	Nannie Eaves	Rebecca Eden Walker	00:03:35
Play 27	Mary Wright	TriciaG	00:10:17
Play 28	Sophia Word	TriciaG	00:06:00
Play 29	Boyd County	LadyBirdD	00:13:18
Play 30	Mandy Gibson	TriciaG	00:05:54
Play 31	Scott Mitchell	Stunning	00:03:27
Play 32	Union County	Stunning	00:02:51
Play 33	Nancy Austin	Stunning	00:04:11
Play 34	Rockcastle County	Stunning	00:02:15
Play 35	Clark County	Chocolate Yoddah	00:12:43
Play 36	Montgomery County	RickHall	00:03:55
Play 37	Edd Shirley	RickHall	00:02:35
Play 38	Mrs. C. Hood	TriciaG	00:02:40
Play 39	Peter Bruner	RickHall	00:05:46
Play 40	Easter Sudie Campbell	TriciaG	00:11:52
Play 41	Uncle Dick and The Last Wolf	RickHall	00:07:35
Play 42	Negro Holiness Meetings	Greg Giordano	00:03:50
Play 43	Superstitions of the Negro Race	Greg Giordano	00:06:43
Play 44	Negro Folk Songs	Greg Giordano	00:02:53
Play 45	Annie Morgan	Donald Warren	00:04:05
Play 46	Cora Torian	TriciaG	00:05:31
Play 47	Mary Wooldridge	Larry Wilson	00:11:29
Play 48	Caldwell County	RickHall	00:04:19
Play 49	Tinie Force and Elvira Lewis	earl	00:08:52
Play 50	Lawrence, Leslie, Garrard, and Webster Counties	RickHall	00:04:01
Play 51	Esther Hudspeth	TheLionofLegend	00:03:06
Play 52	Anderson County	AParks	00:02:33
Play 53	Knox County	RickHall	00:01:29
Play 54	Clark County	RickHall	00:02:10
Play 55	Casey County	RickHall	00:02:39
Play 56	Christian County - Hoo-Dooism	Greg Giordano	00:03:55
Play 57	Hopkins County and Martin County	RickHall	00:03:02

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