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Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories

Library of Congress

Oral histories and interviews with African Americans who endured the hardships of slavery. These recordings document the first-person accounts of several individuals whose life experiences spanned the period during and after slavery. The podcasts are drawn from several collections in the American Folklife Center Archives, one of the preeminent audio-visual repositories of national and international folklife, history and cultural expressions.

  • 9 minutes 26 seconds
    Wallace Quarterman: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories

    In this interview from 1935, Mr. Wallace Quarterman of St. Simons Island, Georgia, recalls the last days of slavery for Zora Neale Hurston, Alan Lomax, and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle of the Library of Congress.

    29 June 2009, 2:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 43 seconds
    George Johnson: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories

    In this interview from 1940, Mr. George Johnson of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, shares memories of slavery times, including his relationship with Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. The interviewers are Charles Johnson, Lewis Jones, John Work, Elizabeth and Alan Lomax.

    29 June 2009, 2:00 pm
  • 18 minutes 15 seconds
    Fountain Hughes: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories

    Fountain Hughes reflects on his childhood experiences before and after the end of slavery in Charlottesville, VA. Among other events, Mr. Hughes recollects slave auctions and the hardships endured by freed slaves after the end of the Civil War.

    1 March 2009, 3:00 pm
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