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://ift.tt/2TC7q2j

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://ift.tt/3BeWA2a

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://ift.tt/3Cfrj08

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://ift.tt/3meJbmr

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://ift.tt/316JDet

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://ift.tt/3GnVODt

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://ift.tt/3pASrDh

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://ift.tt/3Ekrw2D

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://ift.tt/3B9KzLe

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://ift.tt/3vKzzms

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://ift.tt/3CjktGZ

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://ift.tt/3vMpF3V

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://ift.tt/3mdegGT

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