{"id":1105,"date":"2019-10-25T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T15:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2019-11-12T19:29:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:29:10","slug":"uncle-bob-ledbetter-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessicadoeshistory.com\/courseblog\/timeline\/uncle-bob-ledbetter-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Bob Ledbetter Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Uncle Bob Ledbetter was interviewed by John and Ruby Lomax in 1940 <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.This interview <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>gives insight for how a slave was treated in regards to education and a personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ledbetter seemed to have difficulty with his age throughout the entire interview. He was not aware of his birthday and doesn\u2019t know exactly how old he was when certain events happened. Ledbetter is even unaware of how old he is during the interview. He relies on what age people tell him he is, \u201cthey say I\u2019m seventy something, two or three.\u201d
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On top of this, the interview allowed us to see the level of education that Ledbetter was able to achieve. During the interview, Ledbetter claimed that he was a \u201cpoor figurer\u201d and unable to deduct when he was born after being told his age (which was 19) in 1880. This exemplifies that slaves could not have a decent education because Ledbetter was unable to do the subtraction to find out his age. He explains in the interview that he learned how to read and write because of being taught by his father at night, who also had no education. His way of speaking also attributes to not having a formal education as illustrated by Ledbetter\u2019s mispronunciation of words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two timeline layers intersect fairly closely. Ledbetter was still enslaved when women gained the right to vote and when World War I started. He was barely freed when the Great Depression started. Ledbetter’s enslavement is more recent than historians seem to let on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the interview, I was surprised when Ledbetter mentioned that he joined the Church. I thought that being religious is something that’s instilled in someone from birth, inherited from family. This piece of information was probably surprising to me due to the fact that it was his choice<\/em> to become religious. He made the decision and that demonstrates that he did have some say in how chose to live his life. I was also surprised that he didn’t mention any children or grandchildren, but then again he just answered the questions that the interviewer gave him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This interview was useful in the way that it gave the listener insight into how an ex-slave grew up and the education level he\/she has based on the language that person uses. However, due to the audio file being older (1940’s), I wasn’t able to understand much of what was being said due to the massive amount of white noise in the file. I gave up trying to hear what was happening in the conversation after about 5 minutes and switched to read the transcript instead. Although it’s interesting to hear the actual voice of Uncle Bob Ledbetter, it was difficult to sit through the interview because the noise was very confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This interview can tells us that in the 1930’s, there were many events happening internationally (WWI), throughout the country (The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl), and for the ex-slaves themselves. The interview demonstrates that massive changes were happening in the world, and especially the nation in regards to the social climate.
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