American Slavery Remembered

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American Slavery Remembered honors the lives of the millions of Black people enslaved in the United States of America. Here you will find their stories read just as they were written. May we never forget the souls who lived, suffered and died in the making of America.

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American Slavery Remembered

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Runaway in Jail 22.01.2023 35:27

A reading of various newspaper notices regarding the jailing of Black men, women and children across the United States. Both free and enslaved people were brought to jailers and accused of being a ‘runaway.’ The law required such newspaper notices be placed repeatedly for a specific period of time before the human beings could be sold to other enslavers at auction.

Negroes To Be Sold at Auction 20.01.2023 26:48

A reading of various newspaper advertisements regarding the sale of enslaved men, women and children across the United States of America.

PART 5: “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball…” 13.01.2023 3:08:24

This episode is a reading of chapters 21-26 of Charles Ball’s autobiography published in 1837, entitled, “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney During the Late War.”

PART 4: “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball…” 09.01.2023 2:31:30

This episode is a reading of chapters 16-20 of Charles Ball’s autobiography published in 1837, entitled, “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney During the Late War.”

PART 3: “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball…” 08.01.2023 3:38:36

This episode is a reading of chapters 11-15 of Charles Ball’s autobiography published in 1837, entitled, “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney During the Late War.”

PART 2: “Slavery in the United States. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball..” 02.01.2023 2:52:20

This episode is a reading of chapters 6-10 of Charles Ball’s autobiography published in 1837, entitled, “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney During the Late War.”

“Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man” 29.12.2022 1:55:42

This episode is a reading of chapters 1-5 of Charles Ball’s autobiography published in 1837, entitled, “Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Commodore Barney During the Late War.”

American Slavery Remembered (Trailer) 28.12.2022 0:27