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Voices Remembering Slavery · 1932–1975

Hear the Voices of Formerly Enslaved People

These are the only known sound recordings of people who lived through slavery in the United States: oral history interviews recorded between 1932 and 1975. Choose a person to hear them speak, follow along with the full transcript, and read their story.

Many recordings are old and hard to hear; the transcripts mark unclear words.