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.

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

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: Stories, Songs and Memories - Wallace Quarterman

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