at Missouri State Museum
Quotes used in the audio presentation of the Slavery's Echoes exhibit are available below for downloading as MP3 files. Transcripts of these quotes also are available for downloading. Please give credit to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Missouri State Museum.
Introduction used at the door |
Sarah Graves, Nodaway County, Mo. |
Individual Slave Narratives |
Mary
Armstong, St. Louis, Mo. George Bollinger, Bollinger County, Mo. Mark Discus, Dade County, Mo. Rachal Goings, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Sarah Graves, Nodaway County, Mo. Richard Kimmons, Lawrence County, Mo. Emma Knight, Florida, Mo. Charlie Richardson, Warrensburg, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. Tishey Taylor, Poplar Bluff, Mo. |
Slavery in Missouri |
Peter
Corn, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Perry McGee, Fayette, Mo. Delicia Patterson, Boonville, Mo. Rhody Holsell, Fredericktown, Mo. Hannah Allen, Fredericktown, Mo. Robert Bryant, Caledonia, Mo. Fil Hancock, Rolla, Mo. Mary Peters, Phelps County, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. Ann Stokes, Pemiscot County, Mo. |
Treatment |
James
Abbot, Perry County, Mo. Harriet Casey, Farmington, Mo. Mary Peters, Missouri Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. Gus Smith, Osage County, Mo. Rachel Goings, Cape Girardeau, Mo. |
Housing |
Parson Allen, Harrison County,
Mo. John Barker, Sedalia, Mo. Eliza Overton, Farmington, Mo. Charlie Richardson, Warrensburg, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. |
Necessities: Food, Clothing and Medicine |
Fil
Hancock, Rolla, Mo. (Food) Dave Harper, Montgomery County, Mo. (Food) Harry Johnson, Mississippi County, Mo. (Food) Gus Smith, Osage County, Mo. (Food) Sarah Waggoner, Savannah, Mo. (Clothing) Charlie Richardson, Warrensburg, Mo. (Clothing) Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. (Clothing) Sarah Graves, Nodaway County, Mo. (Clothing) Will Daily, St. Louis, Mo. (Medicine) George Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Medicine) |
Slave Society: Marriage, Religion and Free Time |
John
Baker, Sedalia, Mo. (Marriage) Sarah Graves, Nodaway County, Mo. (Marriage) George Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Religion) Tishey Taylor, Poplar Bluff, Mo. (Religion) George Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Free Time) Eliza Overton, Farmington, Mo. (Free Time) William Black, New London, Mo. (Free Time) |
Uncertain Future |
Malinda
Sloan Discus, Dade County, Mo. Dave Harper, Montgomery County, Mo. Perry McGee, Fayette, Mo. Margaret Nickens, Paris and Liberty, Mo. Charlie Richardson, Warrensburg, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. Carrie Smith, Hannibal, Mo. Gus Smith, Osage County, Mo. Esther Easter, Westport, Mo. Margaret Nickens, Paris and Liberty, Mo. |
Freedom |
Richard
Bruner, Saline County, Mo. Delicia Patterson, Boonville, Mo. Peter Corn, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. |
Work |
George
Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Will Daily, St. Louis, Mo. Henry Dant, Ralls County, Mo. Isabelle Henderson, Saline County, Mo. Emma Knight, Monroe County, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo. Bill Simms, Osceola, Mo |
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