The CHURCH and the Slave - What it was like for American slaves
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Published 2024-01-18
Fountain Hughes was born a slave in the USA and freed after the civil war. He was interviewed by the Federal Writers Project - Slave Narratives, recounting his time as a slave. Here he tell us what it was like going to "Church" during slavery.
The original recordings are held in the USA's Library of Congress in Washington DC.
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All Comments (7)
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Thank you for all of the the treasure troves of information you share!
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thank you for sharing these voices subbed!
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I do wonder what she was given to cause damage to her voice.
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my name is John Brooks too! hell yeaaaaa
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We should’ve never followed the war man in the Bible that we now call god. He didn’t look like us. He wasn’t us. Wake up and follow the god within.
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NO ,WE ARE NOT AFRICA, WE SO CALL BLACK PEOPLE FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN WE ARE THE ORIGINAL BIBBICAL CHILDREN OF GOD ALMIGHTY, 🙏 WE ARE THE ORIGINAL BIBBICAL CHILDREN HEBREWS ISRARLITE JEW SEMITIC AND JESUS CHRIST IS OUR MESSAGE FORM HEBREWS TO NEGRO, REVELATION 2-9 AND 3-9, JEREMIAH 5-14 20, THE SONG OF SOLOMON 1-5, DEUTERONOMY 28-16;68
