This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/slave-narratives-volume-vii-kentucky-narratives-by-various/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project Administration. They consist of verbatim records of personal interviews with former slaves conducted during 1936-1938
"These life histories, taken down as far as possible in the narrators' words, constitute an invaluable body of unconscious evidence or indirect source material, . . . The narratives belong to folk history—history recovered from the memories and lips of participants or eye-witnesses,” This is Volume Seven for the state of Kentucky in a series of 34 volumes. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
SPECIAL READING NOTE:
These personal narratives are recorded from the lips of former slaves and reflect their vernacular language. You don’t need to attempt a strong accent; just read the narrative as written. More information about the nature of these narrative is given in the next post.
CAUTION: Some of these narratives may contain racially offensive words which were embedded in the language of the slaves themselves. They must be read as written, so please review the sections and do not select anything that you are not comfortable reading.
NOTE: The Section Name is the name of the person or in some cases the name of the county. Some narratives have titles, so please read them. Do NOT read picture captions. Do NOT read any footnotes. DO NOT read the name of the interviewer. If in doubt about what to include, please ask for clarification.
End of recording:"Section # of Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] " Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives, by Various. Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives, by Various."
Filename: slavenarrativesvol07_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. slavenarrativesvol07_##_various_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: TriciaG
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