Old man Moseley, now blind, of Gee's Bend, Alabama ; from the Library of Congress Collection (Is this a photo of Isom Moseley? Or a relative?)

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:  Audio clips are set to automatically begin; transcripts appear below.

 

Isom  Moseley	Born in 1856 Interview Place: Gee's Bend, AL Interview Date: 1941 Interviewer: Robert Sonkin
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	Well now, they tell me it was a year 'fore the folks knowed that, uh, they was free. And when they found out they was free, they worked on shares, they tell me. Worked on shares, didn' rent no land. They worked on shares. Now you know I was a boy, I'm about explaining to the best of my understanding. They say they worked on shares. I think they said it was, was it fourth, or third I think. They got the third, I think they say, what they made, after surrender.
	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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