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Voices and Faces from the Collection

John W. Fields, Age 89
The narrative excerpts
presented here are a small
sample of the wealth of stories
available in this online
collection. Some narratives
contain startling descriptions
of cruelty while others convey
an almost nostalgic view of
plantation life. These
narratives provide an
invaluable first-person account
of slavery and the individuals
it affected. Although the
African Americans who lived
under slavery are no longer
with us, their experiences
remain due to these interviews
recorded in the late 1930s by
the Federal Writers' Project.
Sarah Frances Shaw Graves, Age 87
Sarah Gudger, Age 121
Charley Williams, Age 94
James Cape, Age over 100
Tempie Cummins, Age Unknown
William Moore, Age 82
Walter Rimm, Age 80
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