Interview with Katherine Speights
Item
Title
Interview with Katherine Speights
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Type
Moving Image
Creator
Barnes, Althemese (Interviewer)
Speights, Katherine (Interviewee)
Date
1996-2002
Description
Note: Original video and audio have been edited for clarity. Althemese Barnes interviews Katherine Speights about her life experiences in Tallahassee. She talks about her family members, most notably her grandfather, whom she called "Papa" because of their close relationship. He and others in her family were born enslaved and she shares some of the stories they passed down to her. One of the stories she recounts is of her mother's rescue from a plantation while pregnant with Katherine herself. Her mother was being held by a white plantation owner who had kidnapped and raped her. Other stories detail her experience growing up biracial.
Genre
Oral histories
Language
English
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Duration
1:03:10
Identifier
JGRCMA-OHColl-0032
Topics
African American Storytelling
African American oral tradition
Community Interactions
African American Social Interaction
Leon County (Fla.)
African American Pastimes
African American families
African American Escape
Freed persons
Time Period
Slavery (1619-1862)
Jim Crow (1877-1964)