Originally broadcast on Jan. 12, 1999 as a Nightline program
Found Voices: The Slave Narratives (1999)
DVD-R, 22 minutes
Personal notes
Slavery -- United States -- HistorySlave narratives
Plot outline
Program tells of sound recordings made of interviews with former slaves in the 1930s and 1940s. Tapes have been digitally remastered and video includes transcript as subtitles. Slaves interviewed include Fountain Hughes (VA), Laura Smalley (TX), Harriet Smith (TX); interviewers include John Henry Faulk.
Cast
- Ted Koppel