{"id":1000,"date":"2019-10-24T22:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T22:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2019-11-12T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:30:48","slug":"timeline-of-fountain-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/timeline\/timeline-of-fountain-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Fountain Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This skill assignment was very enlightening to me and I am grateful we were able to have access to such an incredible resource that gives us insight into our past. What I was able to learn from these interviews was not so much what happened exactly to slaves, but how the slaves viewed their past and current situations. The interview I listened to was that of a man named Fountain Hughes. His grandfather was a slave to former president, Thomas Jefferson. I found it interesting that it took so much prompting for him to recant his time as a young boy and slave. At first, he rambled on about money and being frugal. However, after a few more questions were asked, he started talking more about his childhood. I am not surprised that he didn\u2019t initially wanted to talk about that time period as he clearly despised it. After recalling how difficult life has been for people after the Civil War, he stated that some former slaves were \u201csorry they are free now\u2026some of them now would rather be slaves.\u201d The interviewer then asked if Hughes would rather be a slave again or not, to which he replied: \u201cIf I thought, had any idea, that I’d ever be a slave again, I’d take a gun and just end it all right away.\u201d <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> That was the most he had said about being a slave. There was more to learn from what wasn\u2019t said, than what was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reflection on difficult times not only from the past but during the time the interview took place was very insightful into what life must have been like for African Americans in the 1930s. It was so bad that some \u201cwould rather be slaves,\u201d implying that times must not have gotten much better by that point. This is also reflected in how they were excluded from many New Deal programs and many racist beliefs still held by many Americans. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listening\nto the interview was a bit difficult as the quality of the recording made it\ndifficult to understand, but what I could hear clearly, was the emotion behind\nwhat was being said. There wasn\u2019t any anger, even when talking about hard times.\nThere was mostly a feeling of a somber reflection. However, at times, I was also\nsurprised by the lack of emotion. While modern technology would have made the\ninterviews easier to understand, having them done during early to mid 1900s, gives\nus a unique perspective into the lives of former slaves before and after abolition.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interview with Fountain Hughes, Baltimore, Maryland, June 11, 1949: https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/afc1950037_afs09990a\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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