Stepney Underwood; from the Library of Congress Collection
Remembering Slavery: 
Those Who Survived Tell Their Stories
 
And one more thing I want you to promise me:  
that you's gonna tell all the children my story.
--Papa Dallas Stewart
Their Voices: 
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Epilogue 
About the Project 

Their Voices 

Project Director 

Consultants 

Sources 

Sponsors 

Smithsonian Productions 

Institute of 
Language & Culture  

The WPA and the   
Archive of Folk Song  

Links  
    Laura Smalley shows us the power of religion in her life and shares with us one of her favorite songs sung during church services. Hesitant to sing in spite of encouragement from John Henry Faulk, she finally gives in and thinks of a song she is willing to sing.  

    Sometimes, the ex-slave in these recordings was hesitant to talk about painful memories of slavery. And yet he or she found ways to "tell all the children my story." We are fortunate to have this small but significant collection of recordings.  

    This World Wide Web site and its contents are dedicated to the memory of these ex-slaves
Gaston, Alice (AL)   |   Hughes, Fountain (MD)   |   McCrea, Billy (TX)  | McDonald, Joe (AL)   |  Moseley, Isom (AL) | Smalley, Laura (TX), beating    | Smalley, Laura(TX), child care     |  Smith, Harriet (TX)  |  
Faulk, John Henry (interviewer)   |  Epilogue  
 
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