Mary Stepp Burnette Hayden was born into enslavement in Black Mountain, North Carolina. She was 7 years old when she was freed. She stayed in Black Mountain and became a midwife, delivering several hundred babies including her own grandchildren. Her granddaughter, Mary Othella Burnette, came to StoryCorps with her daughter, Debora Hamilton Palmer, to honor the family matriarch. [Overview Courtesy of Storycorps]
Crew
Jasmyn Morris
Audio Post Coordinator
Jarrod Sport
Audio Post Coordinator
Richard O'Connor
Director
Dave Isay
Executive Producer
Rachel Hartman
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Savannah Winchester
Producer
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Animation
Natalie Greene
Animation, Graphic Designer
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Mixing Engineer
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Sound
Joshua Abrams
Music Supervisor, Musician, Music
Neil Strauch
Music Supervisor
Hamid Drake
Musician
Marquis Hill
Musician
Emmet Kelly
Musician
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