Measy Hudson

INTERVIEW MEASY HUDSON 1209 Jefferson St. Nashville, Tennessee "Wuz bawn' in North Carolina en I'se 90 y'ars ole in November. W'en war broke out we kum ter Tennessee en hab bin 'ye...

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Ellen Campbell

FOUR SLAVES INTERVIEWED by MAUDE BARRAGAN, EDITH BELL LOVE, RUBY LORRAINE RADFORD ELLEN CAMPBELL, 1030 Brayton Street, Augusta, Ga., Born 1846. Ellen Campbell lives in a little hou...

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Ben Brown

WPA in Ohio By Albert I. Dugan [TR: also reported as Dugen] Jun 9, 1937 Topic: Ex-slaves Muskingum County, District #2 BEN BROWN Ex-slave, 100 years Keen St., Zanesville, Ohio Yes...

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Adeline Cunningham

ADELINE CUNNINGHAM, 1210 Florida St., born 1852, was a slave in Lavaca County, 4-1/2 miles n.e. of Hallettsville. She was a slave of Washington Greenlee Foley and his grandson, Joh...

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Jr Jones

J.R. Jones RIAS BODY, Ex-Slave. Place of birth: Harris County, near Waverly Hall, Georgia Date of birth: April 9, 1846 Present residence: 1419-24th Street, Columbus, Georgia Interv...

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Pastsy Mitchner

N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1,474 Subject: A SLAVE STORY Reference: Patsy Mitchner Editor: George L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937] PATSY MITCHNE...

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Ellen Brass

Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Ellen Brass 1427 W. Eighth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 82 [HW: White Folks want Niggers] "I was born in Alabama in Gr...

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Hilliard Yellerday

N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 398 Subject: HILLIARD YELLERDAY (A SLAVE STORY) Reference: Hilliard Yellerday Editor: George L. Andrews HILLIARD YELLERDAY 1...

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James Green

JAMES GREEN is half American Indian and half Negro. He was born a slave to John Williams, of Petersburg, Va., became a "free boy", then was kidnapped and sold in a Virginia slave m...

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Andrew Boone

N. C. District: No. 2 [320022] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1,741 Subject: ANDREW BOONE Story Teller: Andrew Boone Editor: G. L. Andrews ANDREW BOONE age 90 years. Wake Count...

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Amanda Mcdaniel

[HW: Dist. 5 (Driskell) Ex Slave #69] AMANDA MCDANIEL, 80 yrs old Ex-slave [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] Among these few remaining persons who have lived long enough to tell of some of...

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Ann Parker

N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No Words: 435 Subject: ANN PARKER Person Interviewed: Ann Parker Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt ANN PARKER Ex-Slave Story An interview with A...

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Ambrose Douglass

FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Martin D. Richardson, Field Worker Brooksville, Florida AMBROSE DOUGLASS In 1861, when he was 16 years old, Ambrose H...

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Andy Brice

Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. ANDY BRICE EX-SLAVE 81 YEARS OLD. Andy Brice lives with his wife and two small children, about twelve miles east of Ridgeway, S. C., in a...

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Tom Randall

Maryland Dec. 21, 1937 Rogers TOM RANDALL, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with Tom Randall, at his home, Oella, Md. "I was born in Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland,...

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Mary Smith

=Project 1885-1= =Folklore= =Spartanburg, Dist. 4= =Nov. 9, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "I liked to went crazy when my brother, Bob, went to Arkansa...

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Mary Smith

[HW: Dist. 2 Ex Slave 101] EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW: MARY SMITH 910 Spruce Street Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County) BY: (Mrs.) Margaret Johnson Editor Fed. Writer's Proj. Augusta, Georg...

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Rev John B Elliott

Project #1655 Stiles M. Scruggs Columbia, S.C. A SON OF SLAVES CLIMBS UP. The Rev. John B. Elliott, A.B.A. A.M., D.D., 1315 Liberty Hill Avenue, Columbia, S.C., is the son of slave...

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Aunt Ferebe Rogers

Written by Ruth Chitty Research Worker District #2 Rewritten by Velma Bell EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW: AUNT FEREBE ROGERS Baldwin County Milledgeville, Ga. More than a century lies in the...

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John Rudd

Ex-Slave Stories District #5 Vanderburgh County Lauana Creel TOLD BY JOHN RUDD, AN EX-SLAVE "Yes, I was a slave," said John Rudd, "And I'll say this to the whole world, Slavery was...

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Anna Parkes

EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW ANNA PARKES, Age 86 150 Strong Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Sarah H. Hall Federal Writers' Project Athens, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth District Superv...

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Oscar Felix Junell

Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Oscar Felix Junell 1720 Brown Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 60 "My father's name was Peter Junell, Peter W. Junell. I don't k...

Martin Luther King Slavery Arkansas
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Doc Flowers

Interviewer: Mrs. Zillah Cross Peel Person interviewed: Doc Flowers Age: 85? Home: Lincoln, Arkansas Everybody calls him Uncle Doc. His name is Doc Flowers, and he lives in the las...

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Lindsey Faucette

District: No. 3 [320198] Worker: Daisy Whaley Subject: EX-SLAVE Storyteller: Lindsay Faucette Ex-Slave Church Street, Durham, N. C. [TR: Date Stamp "JUL 2 1937"] LINDSEY FAUCETTE,...

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James Turner Mclean

N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1,477 Subject: JAMES TURNER McLEAN Storyteller: James Turner McLean Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt JAMES TURNER McLEAN Lillingto...

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Ben Moon

Pine Bluff District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Martin - Barker Subject: Negro Customs Information by: Ben Moon [TR: Information moved from bottom of second page.] I was...

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Alexander Robertson

=Project #1655= =W.W. Dixon= =Winnsboro, S.C.= =ALEXANDER ROBERTSON= =EX-SLAVE 84 YEARS OLD.= Alexander Robertson lives as a member of the household of his son, Charley, on the Gen...

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Hannah Crasson

N. C. District: No. 2 [320159] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1453 Subject: HANNAH CRASSON Story Teller: Hannah Crasson Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: HW notes at bottom of pa...

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Ben Parr

Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ben Parr, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 85 next March (1938) "I was born in Tennessee close to Ripley. My master was Charles Warpoo...

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Ms Fayman

Maryland 11/3/37 Rogers MRS. M.S. FAYMAN. Reference: Personal interview with Mrs. Fayman, at her home, Cherry Heights near Baltimore, Md. "I was born in St. Nazaire Parish in Louis...

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