The Voices of Slaves

This edition includes the transcripts of hundreds of interviews made with former slaves in the period of 1930-1975. The collection consists of powerful testimonies by vivid characters, their incredible life stories and messages that should never be forgotten:

Interview with George Johnson

Aunt Harriet Smith

Uncle Bob Ledbetter

Wallace Quarterman

Alice Gaston

Uncle Billy McCrea

Joe McDonald

Isom Moseley

Interview with Mrs. Jessie

Interview with Mrs. Williams

Laura Smalley

Fountain Hughes

Interview with Annie Williams

Interview with Celia Black

Interview with Charlie Smith

Charlie Aarons

Anthony Abercrombie

Molly Ammond (Ammonds)

Charity Anderson

Gus Askew

Tom Baker

Henry Barnes

Nathan Beauchamp

Oliver Bell

Nelson Birdsong

Ank Bishop

Siney Bonner

Jennie Bowen

Nannie Bradfield

Martha Bradley

Allen Brown

Gus Brown

Walter Calloway

Esther King Casey

Amy Chapman

Emma Chapman

Henry Cheatam

Laura Clark

Hattie Clayton

Wadley «Shorty» Clemons

William Colbert

Tildy Collins

Sara Colquitt

Mandy McCullough Cosby

Emma Crockett

Cheney Cross

Matilda Pugh Daniel

Carrie Davis

Clara Davis

George Dillard

Ella Dilliard

Rufus Dirt

Katherine Eppes

Reuben Fitzpatrick

Heywood Ford

Bert Frederick

Delia Garlic

Angie Garrett

Henry Garry

Isaac Adams

Alice Alexander

Phoebe Banks

Nancy Rogers Bean

Prince Bee

Lewis Bonner

Francis Bridges

John Brown

Sallie Carder

Betty Foreman Chessier

Polly Colbert

George Conrad, Jr

Martha Cunningham

William Curtis

Lucinda Davis

Anthony Dawson

Alice Douglass

Doc Daniel Dowdy

Joanna Draper

Esther Easter

Eliza Evans and many more