N. C. District: No. 2 [320126] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1051 Subject: JANE ARRINGTON Story Teller: Jane Arrington Editor: Geo. L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 4 1937"] JA...
Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas NAME OF WORKER--Bernice Bowden ADDRESS--1006 Oak Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas DATE--November 3, 1938 SUBJECT--Exslaves [TR: Repetitive in...
Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. CHARLEY BARBER EX-SLAVE 81 YEARS OLD. Charley Barber lives in a shanty kind of house, situated on a plot of ground containing two acres a...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) James Johnson, Field Worker Monticello, Florida December 15, 1936 PATIENCE CAMPBELL Patience Campbell, blind for 26 y...
PLANTATION LIFE as viewed by Ex-Slave TOM HAWKINS 163 Bremen Street Athens, Georgia. Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Athens -- Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens -- Leila Harris Augusta,...
Project #-1655 Phoebe Faucette Hampton County Approx. 388 words ANN FERGUSON EX-SLAVE 74 YEARS "Aunt Annie" sat in the sun of a fall afternoon on the steps of her house across from...
District No: 3 [320278] Worker: Travis Jordan No. Words: 1500 Title: Ida Adkins Ex-slave Interviewed: Ida Adkins County Home, Durham, N. C. [TR: Date Stamp "JUN 1 1937"] IDA ADKINS...
Maryland 12/6/37 Rogers JIM TAYLOR (UNCLE JIM), Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with Jim Taylor, at his home, 424 E. 23rd St., Baltimore. "I was born in Talbot County, East...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 June 16, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born in the section of Greenwood County called 'the promised land'....
N. C. District: No. 2 [320239] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1,414 Subject: ZEB CROWDER Story Teller: Zeb Crowder Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date Stamp "JUN 30 1937"] ZEB...
EUGENE WESLEY SMITH, 1105 Robert Street, Augusta, Ga., Born 1852 Eugene is 84 years old. He has thin features, trembling lips and a sparse beard. His skin is a deep brown, lined an...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: George Robertson? or George Robinson? Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 81 "My papa named Abe Robertson. His owner named Tom Robertson....
HARRISON BECKETT, born a slave of I.D. Thomas of San Augustine, Texas, now lives in Beaumont. A great-grandson climbed into Harrison's lap during the interview, and his genial face...
LARNCE HOLT, 79, was born near Woodville, in Tyler County, Texas, a slave of William Holt. He now lives in Beaumont, Texas. "I's jus' small fry when freedom come, 'cause I's born i...
Ex-Slave Stories District #5 Vanderburgh County Lauana Creel THE LIFE STORY OF GEORGE TAYLOR BURNS [HW: Personal Interview] Ox-carts and flat boats, and pioneer surroundings; crowd...
Story and Photo by Frank Smith Topic: Ex-slaves Mahoning County, District #5 Youngstown, Ohio The Story of MRS. PHOEBE BOST, of Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs. Phoebe Bost, was born on a pl...
1-25-37 Minnie B. Ross. EX SLAVE MILTON HAMMOND. After explaining the object of the visit to Mr. Hammond he smiled and remarked "I think that is a good piece of work you're doing;...
Project #1655 Mrs. Genevieve W. Chandler Murrells Inlet, S. C. Georgetown County MOM HAGAR (Verbatim Conversation) Mom Hagar Brown lives in her little weathered cabin on forty odd...
Pet Franks, Ex-Slave, Monroe County FEC Mrs. Richard Kolb Rewrite, Pauline Loveless Edited, Clara E. Stokes PET FRANKS Aberdeen, Mississippi Uncle Pet, 92 year old ex-slave, is the...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Ada Moorehead 2300 E. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82? "I was here in slavery times, honey, but I don't know exactly how...
[HW: Dist-1-2 Ex-slave #114 (Mrs. Stonestreet)] ADELINE WILLIS--EX-SLAVE [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] Who is the oldest ex-slave in Wilkes County? This question was answered the other...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Ann Brooks James Addition, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 90 "I was born here in Arkansas. Durin' the war we went to Texas and...
[HW: Dist. 5 Ex-slave #111 (Ross)] AN ACCOUNT Of SLAVERY RELATED BY WILLIAM WARD--EX-SLAVE [Date Stamp: 10-8-1937] In a small one-room apartment located on one of Atlanta's back st...
Driskell JWL 10-12-37 [MR. WILLIAM WARD] Following is Mr. William Ward's description of the bed called "The Grand Rascal." "De beds dat all o' de slaves slept in wus called 'Grand...
#792 FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas NAME OF WORKER--Mrs. Carol Graham ADDRESS--El Dorado, Arkansas DATE--December, 1938 SUBJECT--Ex-slave 1. Name and address of...
Mrs. Carol Graham Mrs. Mildred Thompson El Dorado District Fannie Sims. Customs. "How ole is ah? Ise about 78. Yes'm ah wuz live durin de wah. Mah ole moster wuz Mistuh Jake Dumas...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT Jacksonville, Florida June 30, 1938 DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA EX-SLAVE STORIES CHARLEY ROBERTS: Charley Roberts of Perrine, Florida, was born on the Hogg planta...
Gabe Emanuel, Ex-slave, Claiborne County FEC Esther de Sola Rewrite, Pauline Loveless Edited, Clara E. Stokes GABE EMANUEL Port Gibson, Mississippi Gabe Emanuel is the blackest of...
#666 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Neely Gray 818 E. Fifteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 87 "I was born in Virginia. Dr. Jenkins bought my mother from a man...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Sarah Jane Patterson 2611 Orange Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 90 "I was born in Bartow County, Georgia, January 17, 18...