Project 1885-1 Folklore Spartanburg Dist. 4 June 14, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born near Winnsboro, S. C., Fairfield County. I was twelve years ol...
Forest H. Lees C.R. McLean, Supervisor June 10, 1937 Topic: Folkways Medina County, District #5 JULIA WILLIAMS, ex-slave Julia Williams, born in Winepark, Chesterfield County near...
Lees Ohio Guide, Special Ex-Slave Stories August 17, 1937 JULIA WILLIAMS (Supplementary Story) "After de War deh had to pick their own livin' an seek homes. "Shuah, deh expected de...
#774 Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: Henry Green Barton, Arkansas Age: 90 Uncle Henry Green, an ex-slave ninety years of age, is affectionately known throughout a la...
Henrietta Karwowski, Field Worker Federal Writers' Project St. Joseph County--District #1 South Bend, Indiana EX-SLAVES MR. AND MRS. ALEX SMITH 127 North Lake Street South Bend, In...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Alfred Farrell, Field Worker John A. Simms, Editor Dive Oak, Florida August 30, 1936 BOLDEN HALL Bolden Hall was born...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Angeline Martin, Kansas City, Missouri Visiting at 1105 Louisiana St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age 80 "Well, I was livin' then. I...
District Two EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW AUNT CARRIE MASON Milledgeville, Georgia (Baldwin County) Written By: Mrs. Estelle G. Burke Research Worker Federal Writers' Project Milledgeville,...
Cecil Miller Dist. #3 Tipp. Co. [TR: Tippecanoe Co.] NEGRO FOLKLORE MR. JOHN FIELDS, EX-SLAVE 2120 N. 20th St. Lafayette, Indiana Mr. Fields says that all negro slaves were ardent...
Cecil C. Miller Dist. #3 Tippecanoe Co. INTERVIEW WITH MR. JOHN W. FIELDS, EX-SLAVE OF CIVIL WAR PERIOD September 17, 1937 John W. Fields, 2120 North Twentieth Street, Lafayette, I...
Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, September 21, 1937 AARON-FORD, EX-SLAVE "I was born bout two miles bove Lake View on Zonia Rogers place. Bo...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Silas Abbott R.F.D. Brinkley, Ark. Age: 73 "I was born in Chickashaw County, Mississippi. Ely Abbott and Maggie Abbott was our...
INTERVIEW ANN MATTHEWS 719 9th Ave. South Nashville, Tennessee "I wuz bawn in Murfreesboro on Stones River. I dunno how ole I ez en hit meks me 'shamed ter tell peeple dat, but mah...
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Caroline Smith, Russellville, Arkansas Age: 83 "Ca'line Smith's my name and dey calls me 'Aunt Ca'line.' I was born about de yea...
Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas NAME OF WORKER--Carol N. Graham ADDRESS--Rear 456 West Main Street, El Dorado, Arkansas DATE--November 1, 1938 SUBJECT--Ex-slaves [TR: Re...
Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. MILLIE BARBER EX-SLAVE 82 YEARS OLD. "Hope you find yourself well dis mornin', white folks. I's just common; 'spect I eats too much yeste...
NEGRO PIONEER TEACHER OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA One of the rooms in the Old Folks Home for Colored in Portsmouth, Virginia is occupied by an ex-slave--one of the first Negro teachers...
By Miss Nancy Watkins Madison, Rockingham County Biography Sketch of Ex-Slave, Anderson Scales, 82 Three fourths of a mile from his master's mansion in Madison on Hunter Street, wi...
INTERVIEW CECELIA CHAPPEL 705 Allison Street Nashville, Tenn. "I'se bawn in Marshall County, Tennessee. I'm de olest ob ten chilluns en I'se 102 ya'rs ole. I feels lak I'se bin 'ye...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1648 Subject: JOHN SMITH Story teller: John Smith Editor: Office force [HW: 300 slaves raised [TR: illegible], 2 women, some...
SALLY BANKS CHAMBERS, wife of Ben Chambers of Liberty, does not know her age. She was born a slave of Jim Moore, in Oakland, Louisiana. Sally has been married three times and has h...
Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas NAME OF WORKER--Samuel S. Taylor ADDRESS--Little Rock, Arkansas DATE--December, 1938 SUBJECT--Ex-Slave [TR: Repetitive information delete...
[HW: Dist. 5 Ex-Slave #117] E. Driskell Whitley 1-20-37 GEORGE WOMBLE EX-SLAVE [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] One of the relics of Slavery is George Womble. From all appearances Mr. Womb...
Whitley, 1-22-37 M.B. Ross. Ex-Slave Benjamin Henderson. After acquainting Mr. Benjamin Henderson with the facts of the interview he informed the writer that he would be very glad...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Rachel Austin, Secretary Jacksonville, Florida April 16, 1937 CLAYBORN GANTLING Clayborn Gantling was born in Dawson,...
TOBY JONES was born in South Carolina, in 1850, a slave of Felix Jones, who owned a large tobacco plantation. Toby has farmed in Madisonville, Texas, since 1869, and still supports...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 625 Subject: CHARITY McALLISTER Story teller: Charity McAllister Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt CHARITY McALLISTER 602 South Str...
[HW: Ex-Slave] Mary A. Crawford Re-search Worker Susie Johnson--Ex-slave Susie was only four years old when The War Between the States began, but recalls a great deal about the old...
=Project #-1655= =Mrs. Genevieve W. Chandler= =Murrells Inlet, S.C.= =Georgetown County= =FOLKLORE= =Uncle Sabe Rutledge= (=Testimony given by old man born 1861, The Ark Plantation...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [HW: (photo)] [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] KATIE ROWE Age 88 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma I can set on de gallery, whar de sunlight shine bright, and sew a...