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About Voices from the Days of Slavery

A production of the American Folklife Center
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.
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Voices from the Days of Slavery Podcasts

Title: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories - Fountain Hughes
Speakers: Fountain Hughes & Hermond Norwood
Date: March 01, 2009
Running Time: 18:15 minutes

Title: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories - Wallace Quarterman
Speakers: Wallace Quarterman and Zora Neale Hurston
Date: June 29, 2009
Running Time: 9:26 minutes

Title: Voices from the Days of Slavery: Stories, Songs and Memories - George Johnson
Speakers: George Johnson
Date: June 29, 2009
Running Time: 13:43 minutes