[HW: Dist. 5 Ex-Slave #30] By E. Driskell Typed by A.M. Whitley 1-29-37 FIRST COPY OF ARTICLE ENTITLED: "AN INTERVIEW WITH LEWIS FAVOR," EX-SLAVE [MAY 8 1937] [TR: informant also r...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Brown, Clarendon, Arkansas Age: Born in 1860 "Mama was born in slavery but never sold. Grandma and her husband was sold a...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320186] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 725 Subject: HARRIET ANN DAVES Story Teller: Harriet Ann Daves Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] HARR...
Maryland Sept. 20, 1937 Rogers JAMES V. DEANE, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with James V. Deane, ex-slave, on Sept. 20, 1937, at his home, 1514 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimor...
N.C. District: No. II Worker: Mrs. W.N. Harriss Words: 550 Edited: Mrs. W.N. Harriss Subject: Tillie, Daughter of a Slave Interviewed: Tillie, Caretaker, Cornwallis Headquarters, c...
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: "Wash" Dukes 2217 E. Barraque Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 83 "Yes'm, Wash Dukes is my name. My mother liked Washington so well, she named...
=Project #1655= =W.W. Dixon= =Winnsboro, S.C.= =BILL WILLIAMS= =EX-SLAVE 82 YEARS OLD.= Bill Williams lives on the Durham place, nine miles east of Winnsboro, S.C., on the warm cha...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1120 Subject: JACOB MANSON Person Interviewed: Jacob Manson Editor: G.L. Andrews JACOB MANSON 317 N. Haywood St. Raleigh, N....
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: James Dickey, Marianna, Arkansas Age: 68 [May 31 1939] "I don't know much to tell about my folks. My parents died when I was y...
BELL CO. (Nelle Shumate) Mandy Gibson: There were auction-blocks near the court houses where the slaves were sold to the highest bidders. A slave would be placed on a platform and...
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Phillis Hicks Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 71 "My mother's owner was Master Priest Gates. He had a son in Memphis. I s...
[Story of Uncle Dick:] Uncle Dick, a negro servant of one of the Hendersons, was the fiddler of the neighborhood at weddings, husking parties and dances. Dick's presence was essent...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Eliza Hays 2215 W. Twentieth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 77 or more "On the fourth of August, my birthday, and directly aft...
Submitted by: Estella R. Dodson District #11 Monroe County Bloomington, Ind. October 4, 1937 INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS LEWIS, COLORED North Summit Street, Bloomington, Ind. I was born...
HARRY JOHNSON, 86, whose real name was Jim, was born in Missouri, where he was stolen by Harry Fugot, when about twelve years old, and taken to Arkansas. He was given the name of H...
Kate Billingsby: Kate Billingsby, Ex-slave, according to a record in a Bible the Buckners gave her when she married was born in 1828. She was owned by Frank and Sarah Buckner. Born...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Harris 713 N. Plum Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82 "I was born right here in Arkansas and I remember they was havin'...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, October 15, 1937 No. ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- MOM HESTER HUNTER Ex-Slave, 85...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, May 18, 1937 No. ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- MOM HESTER HUNTER Ex-Slave, 85 yea...
=Project 1655= =Martha S. Pinckney= =Charleston, S.C.= =FOLKLORE= =Approx. 637 words= =INTERVIEW WITH EX-SLAVE= Everybody in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish (across...
Interviewer: Mary D. Eudgins Person Interviewed: Miss Adeline Blakeley Age: 87 Home: 101 Rock Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. There is no hint of elision in the speech of Adeline B...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Rachel A. Austin, Field Worker Monticello, Florida November 10, 1936 DOUGLAS PARISH Douglas Parish was born in Montic...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 19 1937] JOANNA DRAPER Age 83 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. Most folks can't remember many things happened to 'em when they only eight year...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue FOLKLORE JOHN HENRY GIBSON--EX-SLAVE Colton Street John Henry Gibson was born a...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lucius Edwards Age: 72 Interviewer's Comment I went to see Lucius Edwards, age seventy-two, twice. He has colitis. He wouldn't...
Nannie Eaves: Nannie Eaves, age 91, born in McLain County, Ky. being a slave of William Eaves, never sold, address now R.R. #2, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. "I guess I was about twenty...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Vergil Jones, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70 "My parents was Jane Jones and Vergil Jones. Their owner was Colonel Jones in Alabama...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Louise Pettis, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 59 "My mama was born at Aiken, South Carolina. She was Frances Rotan. I was born at Elb...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mandy Johnson 607 Cypress Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 92 "This is me. I'se old and ain't no 'count. I was done grown when...
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Person Interviewed: O. C. Hardy El Dorado, Ark. Age: 69 "O. C. Hardy is my name and I is 69 years old. I like [HW: lack? KWF] a lot of being a real o...