Fountain Hughes, Former Slave: Radio Documentary by Sound Portraits

[Photo: Fountain Hughes, former slave]

Fountain Hughes, Former Slave
Recorded in Baltimore, MD.
Premiered August 24, 1997, on Weekend Edition Sunday.

An interview with Fountain Hughes, a 101 year-old former slave, from the spoken-word collection at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.

Producer: David Isay. / Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. "Fountain Hughes, Former Slave" is a co-production with City Lore.

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This piece is available in the following audio formats [2:41 min]:

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