Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Eliza Jones 610 E. Eighteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 89 "Yes ma'am, this is Eliza. I was born in slave times and I knowed h...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Emma Oats (Mulatto) Holly Grove, Ark. Age: 90 or older "I was born in St. Louis. My mother died when I was little. I never kno...
INTERVIEW FRANCES BATSON 1213 Scovel St. Nashville, Tennessee "I dunno jes how ole I ez. I wuz baw'n 'yer in Nashville, durin' slabery. I must be way pas' 90 fer I member de Yankee...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: J.T. Tims 111 Mosaic Temple, Ninth and Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 86 Occupation: Cook, waiter, and farmer "I was born in...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 794 Subject: SLAVERY DAYS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY Story teller: Lily Perry Editor: Geo. L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937] SL...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) J.M. Johnson, Field Worker John A. Simms, Editor Jacksonville, Florida September 18, 1936 MACK MULLEN Mack Mullen, a...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Marthala Grant 2203 E. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 77 "All I can remember is some men throwin' us up in the air and ket...
Interviewer: Zillah Cross Peel Information given by: Seabe Tuttle Residence: Washington County, seven miles east of Fayetteville. Seabe Tuttle who was born in slavery in 1859, belo...
LAURA CORNISH was born on the plantation of Isaiah Day, near Dayton, Texas. She "reckons I's 'bout twelve or maybe thirteen years old when all de cullud folks was made free." Laura...
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson. Person interviewed: Solomon Lambert, Holly Grove, Ark., R.F.D. Age: 89 Subject: EX-SLAVERY Story: "My parents belong to Jordon and Judy Lamber...
Negro Folk Songs: (Contributed by William Warfield, Col.) These songs more commonly called plantation melodies, originated with the negroes of the South during the days of slavery....
Minnie Green Interviewed Alberta Minor Re-search Worker Minnie is not an ex-slave, for she was "jes walkin'" when the war was over. Her parents were given their freedom in May but...
Alberta Minor [HW: over 100 years old] Rastus Jones, Ex-slave Place of Birth: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Date of Birth: Apparently, between 1825 and 1830 Present residence: Near V...
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Elmira Hill 1220 North Willow Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 97 "I'm one of em. Accordin' to what they tell me, I think I'll be ninety-eight...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1044 Subject: JANE LASSITER Story teller: Jane Lassiter Editor: Geo. L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 6 1937] JANE LASSITER A...
AUNT EDIE DENNIS HAS REACHED GOOD OLD AGE --SPECIAL-- (FROM ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, NOVEMBER 10, 1900.) Quite a remarkable case of longevity is had in the person of Edie Dennis, a co...
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hattie Hill Route 2, Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85 "Yes ma'am, I was raised a house gal. Me and another...
--- 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: J. N. Gillespie 1112 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75 "I was born near Galveston, in Texas, January 19, 1863...
MARTHA EVERETTE, EX-SLAVE Hawkinsville, Georgia (Interviewed By Elizabeth Watson--1936) [JUL 20 1937] Born in Pulaski County about 1848, the daughter of Isaac and Amanda Lathrop, M...
PLANTATION LIFE, AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE Written By: Mrs. Sadie B. Hornsby Athens -- Edited By: Mrs. Sarah. H. Hall Athens -- and John N. Booth District Supervisor Federal Writers...
=Project 1885-1= =FOLKLORE= =Spartanburg Dist. 4= =May 25, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES OF EX-SLAVES= "I was born in Newberry County, near the Laurens County line, a...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg, Dist. 4 June 7, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born in old Edgefield county, about three miles below what is now S...
=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 Co...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves 10-19-38 1,876-words DELLA FOUNTAIN Age 69 years McAlester, Oklahoma I was born after de War of de Rebellion but I 'member lots o' things dat my...
Project #-1655 Mrs. Genevieve W. Chandler Murrells Inlet, S. C. Georgetown County FOLKLORE (Some recollections of 'The Reb Time day' given by Aunt Margaret Bryant) Visitor: "How ar...
INTERVIEW PATSY HYDE 504 9th Avenue N. Nashville, Tennessee "Dunno how ole I ez. I wuz bawn in slavery en b'longs ter de Brown family. Mah Missis wuz Missis Jean R. Brown en she wu...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Bessie Myers, Brassfield, Arkansas Age: 50? didn't know "My mother was named Jennie Bell. She was born in North Ca'lina (Carol...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Emma Turner 330 W. Sixth Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 83 "Yes ma'am, I was born in slavery days. They never did tell me wh...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: NOV 5 1937] GEORGE CONRAD, JR., Age 77 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. I was born February 23, 1860 at Connersville, Harrison County, Ken...
INTERVIEW SCOTT MARTIN 438 Fifth Ave., No. "I'se 90 y'ars ole and wuz bawn in slavery in Sumner County, Tennessee and I b'long to Marster Dr. Madison Martin an' mah Misses Mary. An...