Henri Necaise, Ex-Slave, Pearl River County FEC Mrs. C.E. Wells Rewrite, Pauline Loveless Edited, Clara E. Stokes HENRI NECAISE Nicholson, Mississippi Henri Necaise, ex-slave, 105...
[HW: Dist. 5 Ex. Slave #13] AN INTERVIEW ON SLAVERY OBTAINED FROM MRS. SARAH BYRD--EX-SLAVE Mrs. Sarah Byrd claims to be 95 years of age but the first impression one receives when...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Talitha Lewis 300 E. 21st Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 86 [Date Stamp: MAY 31 1938] "I should say I was born in slavery ti...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Pearl Randolph, Field Worker Madison, Florida November 13, 1936 AMANDA MCCRAY Mrs. McCray was sitting on her porch cr...
William R. Mays District 4 Johnson County HENRY CLAY MOORMAN BORN IN SLAVERY IN KENTUCKY 427 W. King St., Franklin, Ind. Henry Clay Moorman has resided in Franklin 34 years, he was...
FLORIDA FOLKLORE Jules Abner Frost May 19, 1937 "MAMA DUCK" 1. Name and address of informant, Mama Duck, Governor & India Sts., Tampa, Florida. 2. Date and time of interview, May 1...
FOLK STUFF, FLORIDA Jules A. Frost Tampa, Florida May 19, 1937 "MAMA DUCK" "Who is the oldest person, white or colored, that you know of in Tampa?" "See Mama Duck," the grinning Ne...
EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW ALEC POPE, Age 84 1345 Rockspring Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Federal Writers' Project Athens, Ga. Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens and Jo...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Annie Page 412-1/2 Pullen Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 86 "I was born 1852, they tell me, on the fifteenth of March. I was...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Annie Page 400 Block West Pullen, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85 "Yes'm I 'member the war. I never knowed why they called it the...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Lula Jackson 1808 Valentine Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 79? "I was born in Alabama, Russell County, on a place called Sand...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Lula Jackson (supplement) [HW: cf. 30600] 1808 Valentine Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 79 Occupation: Field hand Whippings "E...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Henry Lee R.F.D., two and one-half miles, Palestine, Arkansas Age: 87 "I was born close to Huntsville, Alabama during slavery....
N. C. District: No. 2 [320188] No. Words: 340 Worker: Mary A. Hicks Subject: Ex-slave Story Story Teller: John Coggin Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] JOHN COGGIN. Ex...
450012 [HW: Terms and phrasing to be checked and verified in further interviews.] THE STORY OF "UNCLE" MOBLE HOPSON. (pronounced Mobile) Interview Saturday, November 28th at his ho...
Robert C. Irvin Noblesville, Ind. District #2 EX-SLAVE, LIFE STORY OF BARNEY STONE, FORMER SLAVE, HAMILTON CO. This is the life story of Barney Stone, a highly respected colored ge...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 May 24, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born near old Bush River Baptist Church, in Newberry County, S. C. I...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 689 Subject: JULIUS NELSON Story teller: Julius Nelson Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt JULIUS NELSON Ex-Slave Story An interview wi...
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY EX-SLAVE NELLIE SMITH, Age 78 660 W. Hancock Avenue Athens, Georgia Written by: Miss Grace McCune Athens Edited by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens and John...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana FOLKLORE AMANDA ELIZABETH SAMUELS 1721 Park Avenue Lizzi...
ANDERSON AND MINERVA EDWARDS, a Negro Baptist preacher and his wife, were slaves on adjoining plantations in Rusk County, Texas. Anderson was born March 12, 1844, a slave of Major...
WPA in Ohio Federal Writers' Project Bishop & Isleman Jun 9, 1937 Topic: Ex-Slaves Jefferson County, District #2 MRS. CATHERINE SLIM Ex-slave, 87 years, 939 N. 6th St., Steubenvill...
Dibble, Fred, P.W., Beehler, Rheba, P.W., Beaumont, Jefferson, Dist. #3. A frail sick man, neatly clad in white pajamas lying patiently in a clean bed awaiting the end which does n...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Jennie Butler 3012 Short Main Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 103 and 107 [HW: Nurses ? ? ?][TR: Illegible] "I was born...
JOHN BATES, 84, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, a slave of Mock Bateman. When still very young, John moved with his mother, a slave of Harry Hogan, to Limestone Co., Texas. John...
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Apparitions Subject: Superstitions Subject: Birthmarks Story:--Information This information given by: Annie Page...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320257] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 429 Subject: JERRY DAVIS Story Teller: Jerry Davis Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date Stamp "JUN 26 1937"] JERRY D...
NETTIE HENRY Meridian, Mississippi Nettie Henry, ex-slave, 19th Street, Meridian, Lauderdale County, is 82 years old. She is five feet tall and weighs one hundred pounds. "De Chil'...
Maryland Dec. 13, 1937 Rogers PAGE HARRIS, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with Page Harris at his home, Camp Parole, A.A.C. Co., Md. "I was born in 1858 about 3 miles west...
BOYD CO. (Carl F. Hall) Rev. John R. Cox: It is probable that slave labor was more expensive to the white masters than free labor would have been. Beside having cost quite a sum a...