Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Anthony Taylor 2424 W. Ninth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 68, or 78? "I was born in Clark County adjoining Hot Spring County...
Texarkana District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Cecil Copeland Subject: Ex-Slave This information given by: Frederick Shelton Place of Residence: Dump Section, Texarkana,...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Pearl Randolph, Field Worker Jacksonville, Florida December 18, 1936 HARRIETT GRESHAM Born on December 6, 1838, Harri...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 568 Subject: JOSEPHINE SMITH Story teller: Josephine Smith Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt JOSEPHINE SMITH Ex-Slave Story An interv...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves Revision of story sent in 8-13-37. JOHN WHITE Age 121 years Sand Springs, Okla. Of all my Mammy's children I am the first born and the longest l...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320050] Worker: Mary Hicks No. Words: 10,018 Subject: BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR Story Teller: MATTIE CURTIS Editor: George L. Andrews [HW: 8/31/37] BEFORE AND...
PLANTATION LIFE CORDELIA THOMAS, Age 80 130 Berry Street Athens, Ga. Written by: Grace McCune [HW: (white)] Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens Leila Harris Augusta and John N....
LUCINDA ELDER, 86, was born a slave of the Cardwell family, near Concord Deport, Virginia. She came to Texas with Will Jones and his wife, Miss Susie, in 1860, and was their nurse-...
WES BRADY, 88, was born a slave of John Jeems, who had a farm five miles north of Marshall. Wes has farmed in Harrison County all his life. He now lives with friends on the Long's...
Betty Lugabell, Reporter [TR: also reported as Lugabill] Harold Pugh, Editor R.S. Drum, Supervisor Jun 9, 1937 Folklore: Ex-Slaves Paulding Co., District 10 MARY BELLE DEMPSEY Ex-S...
[HW: Dist. 6 Ex-Slave #28] THE STORY OF AUNT MARY FERGUSON, EX-SLAVE 1928 Oak Street Columbus, Georgia December 18, 1936 "Aunt" Mary Ferguson, nee Mary Little, nee Mary Shorter, wa...
Maryland [--]-23-37 Guthrie AUNT LUCY [HW: BROOKS]. References: Interview with Aunt Lucy and her son, Lafayette Brooks. Aunt Lucy, an ex-slave, lives with her son, Lafayette Brooks...
PLANTATION LIFE, AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE TOM SINGLETON, Ex-Slave, Age 94 Athens, Georgia Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Research Worker Federal Writers' Project Athens, Georgia Edit...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Mrs. A. (Adrianna) W. Kerns 800 Victory Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 85 "When they first put me in the field, they put me an...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 817 Subject: ANNIE STEPHENSON Person Interviewed: Annie Stephenson Editor: G.L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 6 1937] ANNIE S...
#771 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dr. D. B. Gaines 1720 Izard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75 "I was born in 1863 and am now seventy-five years old. You...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Viola B. Muse, Field Worker Palatka, Florida November 9, 1936 GEORGE PRETTY George Pretty of Vero Beach and Gifford,...
Isaac Stier, Ex-slave, Lauderdale County FEC Edith Wyatt Moore Rewrite, Pauline Loveless Edited, Clara E. Stokes ISAAC STIER Natchez, Mississippi "Miss, my name is Isaac Stier, but...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: John Luckett Highway No. 65, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 83 "I was born in Mississippi up above Vicksburg. I 'member the old Civi...
Dist. 7 Ex. Slave #74 TOM McGRUDER, 102 years old Ex-Slave By Elizabeth Watson, Hawkinsville, Georgia [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] Tom McGruder, one of the oldest living ex-slaves in P...
Special Assignment Emily Hobson Dist. #3 Parke County INTERVIEW WITH ANDERSON WHITTED, COLORED EX-SLAVE, OF ROCKVILLE, INDIANA Mr. Whitted will be 89 years old next month October 1...
--- -- 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Gadson Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 67 "I was born in Barnwell County, South Carolina. My parents' name was Jan...
[HW: Dist 5 Ex-Slave #63] Whitley, 1-22-36 Driskell EX SLAVE JENNIE KENDRICKS [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] Jennie Kendricks, the oldest of 7 children, was born in Sheram, Georgia in 18...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320020] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 2,118 Subject: A SLAVE STORY Story Teller: Robert Glenn Editor: George L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "SEP 10 1937"] R...
=Project #1655= =Stiles M. Scruggs= =Columbia, S.C.= =ALFRED SLIGH= =EX-SLAVE 100 YEARS OLD.= Alfred Sligh, who lives in a rented house at 1317 Gregg Street, says he was born in Ne...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Betty Krump, Helena, Arkansas Age: -- [Date Stamp: MAY 31 1938] "Mother come to Helena, Arkansas from Lake Charles, Louisiana....
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE FRANCES WILLINGHAM, Age 78 288 Bridge Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens Leila Harr...
Mississippi Federal Writers Slave Autobiographies [HAMP KENNEDY Mahned, Mississippi] Uncle Hamp Kennedy, a farmer, 78 years old, weighs about 135 pounds, and is about 5 feet 9 inch...
EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW IKE DERRICOTTE, Age 78 554 Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia Written by: Miss Grace McCune Athens Edited by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens and John N. Booth District Su...
INTERVIEW EX-SLAVES JENNY GREER 706 Overton, Street. Nashville, Tennessee "Am 84 y'ars ole en wuz bawn in Florence, Alabama, 'bout seben miles fum town. Wuz bawn on de Collier plan...