White female 73 plantation southern woman talking about moonshine, publishing her family stories, and the grammar of educated southerners. Recorded in 1993

Plantation, Southern, whiskey, moonshine, stories, writing, grammar, laughter, publishing, history, industry, prohibition, workers, dentures

Mexican American Male talks about how he used to play sports and be on student council. In high school, he joined Distributive Education Clubs of America and worked to help his family. He bought his first car at 15. 

Texas, Mexican, youth, work, Chevy, student council, sports

 

19 year old woman from Greenwood, South Carolina talks about the price of gas, faxing, the lack of racism in the area, racism in other areas, the rallly in Georgia about the confederate flag and how the confederate flag is part of Southern heritage. She also talks about how people still own and live in plantation houses, but don't use the land. She says there are haunted places in the area and a lot of ghost stories about the area.

Greenwood, South Carolina, gas, prices, fax, confederate, flag, Georgia, rally, racism, slavery, Southern, heritage, plantation, chains, ghosts, haunted, stories, spirits

A younger female, aged around 19 years old from South Carolina that lives near Greenwood.  She talks about the culture in the town and the topic of race.

 

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17 year old, White Female from Sweetwater, Texas talks about local stories and superstitions.

Sweetwater, Texas, local stories, superstitions, white female, high school, young, 17 years old

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White male in Texas talks about how they find places to party. They run Sweetwater and get in fights with other groups. The cops only try to bust kids drinking instead of deal with guns or drugs. They got thrown in jail for underage drinking and distributing to minors. 

Texas, party, Sweetwater, southern, party, fights

 

American Southern: Southern Dialects: Southern Accents: Plantation Southern: Tidewater Southern, Upper-Class, White Female.� Ann Peets was recorded in a hospital in Georgia, at age 78 in 1993.� Her family and accent are from the Mississippi Delta region.� She has a slightly diluted Tidewater or Plantation Southern dialect, shared by other families along the coastal and riverbed regions of the American South wherein rich plantation owners kept contact with British merchants during the 1700's and 1800's, dropping their "r's" along with the Southern British elite class to sound more refined.� This dialect also has elements of "ebonics" or "Gullah" sounds, as many children of plantation owners were raised by African slave nannies alongside their own children.

A 13 year old white female talks about how she and her friend used to sneak in and out of their houses to meet up for their boyfriends. One night at her friend's house the mom had nailed the windows shut and pulled a gun on the boyfriends waiting outside to scare them off that particular night. 

Georgia, teenager, mothers, sneak out, gun, boyfriends, nailed, caught, sly, asleep.

A 54 year old white male Ferry Captain talks about some of his genealogy as well as some of the history of the North Carolina coast, shipping and various types of boats and shipwrecks as well as some notable hurricanes that have had significant impacts.

Heritage, 1700s, genealogy, boats, North Carolina coast, schooners, island traffic, diamond shoals, "Graveyard of the Atlantic," historical records, hurricanes, Hatteras Island, Hoi Toider

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He tells a story about a young soldier and his surprise proposal at the plantation's chapel as well as a groom who got cold feet for the fourth time.

Love story, Afghanistan, Bosnia, flowers, broken-hearted, proposal, applause, gardens, Orton Plantation, groom missing, wedding, chapel, preacher, roses.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s talks about the history of the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. Talks about how his Great Grandfather purchased the abandoned property and their family's had it ever since.

1880, ownership, economy, Orton Plantation, taxes, Great Grandfather, timber.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He talks about growing up on the plantation, hunting and fishing in the woods, how some people wanted to come in and make a ghost story and how he debunks ghosts.

Orton Plantation, growing up, hunting, fishing, poison ivy, ticks, scared, ghost stories.

White female born in Tatterson, North Carolina, living in Wilmington, NC since 1989, talks about growing up in the south during segregation. Talks about how the beginning of integration started a rise in private schools in the area and how she became more upset and liberal after going to college in Virginia and South Carolina. Also, how she likes the laid back and relaxed lifestyle of the south.

Childhood during segregation, integration, College in Longwood, University of South Carolina, liberal, private school, conservative, private schools, deep south attitude, relaxed atmosphere, laid back. 

Butch, a black male in his 80s was born and raised on a farm by his grandparents and it was from his grandfather that he learned his Gullah accent. He talks about the death of Jesus, Pontius Pilot and John the Baptist.

Jesus, crucifixion, Pontius Pilot, mean, John the Baptist.

Butch, a black male in his 80s was born and raised on a farm by his grandparents and it was from his grandfather that he learned his Gullah accent. He talks about growing up, hunting, fishing and one of his family members, maybe Grandmother or sister, who worked as a cook and the foods he loved to eat.

• ​Black Male
• 80s
• Cedar Grove, South Carolina

Grandfather, farm, hunting, fishing, growing up, rabbits, school, cook, beans, fish, crab, pork chops.

Rosa, a 68 year old white female talks about her family, being born and raised on the Eastern shore, meeting up with old friends and classmates, memories from her childhood and the games they would play like, red light, hopscotch and tin can.

Eastern shore, shopping, restaurants, classmates, Grandpop, family, accents, memories, games, red light, tin can, hopscotch, baseball, old friends, sandwich place, dance, English heritage.

Larry, a 23 year old white male talks about a time when he tackled a fake deer while riding along with his buddies.

West Virginia, deer, hunting, police, wrestling, bloomers, tackled.