MRS. JOHN BARCLAY (nee Sarah Sanders) Brownwood, Texas was born in Komo, Mississippi, September 1, 1853. She was born a slave at the North Slades' place. Mr. and Mrs. North Slade w...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320084] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 878 Subject: KITTY HILL Person Interviewed: Kitty Hill Editor: G. L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 17 1937"] KITTY...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320232] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 844 Subject: BILL CRUMP Person Interviewed: Bill Crump Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] [HW: "photo"]...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Lydia Jones 228 North Oak Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 93 "My name's Lydia--Lydia Jones. Oh my God I'se born in Mississipp...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Frank Reed, 1004 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78 "I was a little boy pickin' up chips and helpin' feed the hog in...
Mississippi Federal Writers Slave Autobiographies [GUS CLARK Howison, Mississippi] Uncle Gus Clark and his aged wife live in a poverty-stricken deserted village about an eighth of...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lucy Jones, Marianna, Arkansas Age: Born 1866 [Date Stamp: MAY 11 1938] "I was raised second year after the surrender. I don't...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 203 Subject: ANTHONY RANSOME Person Interviewed: Anthony Ransome Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date stamp: JUN 2 (unclear)]...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 19 1937] BERT LUSTER Age 85 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma I'll be jest frank, I'm not for sho' when I was born, but it was in 18...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320147] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 805 Subject: CHARLES W. DICKENS Story Teller: Charles W. Dickens Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [HW note: 26] [TR: Dat...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 797 Subject: THE BOUND GIRL Person Interviewed: Laura Sorrell Editor: G.L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937] THE BOUND GIR...
Miriam Logan, Lebanon, Ohio Warren County, Dist. 2 July 2, 1937 Interview with SAMUEL SUTTON, Ex Slave. Born in Garrett County, Kentucky, in 1854 (drawing of Sutton) [TR: no drawin...
LAUREL CO. (Perry Larkey) Amelia Jones: Concerning slaves of this section of the country, I will quote experiences and observation of an old negro lady who was a slave, Mrs. Amelia...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Annie Love 1116 E. Twelfth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85? "I don't know exactly how old I am. I was here when the war wa...
BALLARD CO. (J.R. Wilkerson) [HW: Ky 7] [Tinie Force and Elvira Lewis:] During the period of slavery in the Purchase Region, buying and selling slaves was carried on at irregular i...
[HW: Dist 1-2 Ex-Slave #116] EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW CORNELIA WINFIELD, Age 82 Richmond County 1341 Ninth Street Augusta, Georgia BY: (Mrs.) Margaret Johnson--Editor Federal Writers' Pr...
DAVIES CO. (Cecelia Laswell) [Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander:] The following is a very old Negro sermon I found in an old scrap book dated 1839, belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander, Fr...
Code No. Project 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, December 2, 1937 No. ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- LOUISA GAUSE Ex-Slave, Age 70-7...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Sarah Anderson 3815 W. Second Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78? "I don't know when I was born. When the Civil War ended, I...
N. C. District: No. 3 [320199] Worker: Travis Jordan Subject: SARAH DEBRO EX-SLAVE 90 YEARS Durham, N. C. [TR: Date Stamp "JUL 24 1937"] SARAH DEBRO EX-SLAVE 90 YEARS I was bawn in...
INTERVIEW Precilla Gray 807 Ewing Ave. Nashville, Tenn. I think I'se 107 Y'ars ole. Wuz bawn in Williamson County 'fore de Civil wah. Guess de reason I hab libed so long wuz cose I...
Ohio Guide Ex-Slave Stories Aug 15, 1937 SUSAN BLEDSOE 462-12th St. S.E., Canton, Ohio. "I was born on a plantation in Gilee County, near the town of Elkton, in Tennessee, on Augus...
JOHN CRAWFORD, 81, was born a slave on Judge Thompson Rector's plantation at Manor, Texas. After emancipation, John was a share-cropper. He has always lived in Travis County and is...
MARY JOHNSON does not know her age but is evidently very old. Paralytic strokes have affected mind and body. Her speech, though impaired, is a swift flow of words, often profane. A...
El Dorado District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Subject: TALES OF SLAVERY DAYS Story:--Information [Feb 6 1937] This information given by: Tyler Frazier...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Hunter, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70 "John McBride was my mother's last owner. His wife died in slavery. I never heard h...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Wylie Nealy [HW: Biscoe Arkansas?] Age: 85 I was born in 1852. I am 85 years old. I was born in Gordon County. The closest tow...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Alice Rivers W. 17th, Highland Addition, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 81 "Yes'm, I remember when the Yankees come. I ricollect whe...
ARMSTEAD BARRETT, born in 1847, was a slave of Stafford Barrett, who lived in Huntsville, Texas. He is the husband of Harriett Barrett. Armstead has a very poor memory and can tell...
=Project #1655= =W.W. Dixon= =Winnsboro, S.C.= =BENJAMIN RUSSELL= =EX-SLAVE 88 YEARS.= "I was born fourteen miles north of Chester, S.C. the property of Mrs. Rebecca Nance. After e...