LOUISA ADAMS My name is Louisa Adams. I wuz bawned in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. I wuz eight years old when the Yankees come through. I belonged to Marster Tom A....
#776 Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person Interviewed: Abram Harris Marvell, Arkansas, (6 miles west) Age: 93 Abram Harris, an ex-slave, just past ninety-three years of age lives with...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Betty Hodge Hazen, Ark. Age: 63 "Uncle Billy Hill used to visit us. He was Noah's uncle. He was a slave and one thing I rememb...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, August 31, 1937 No. Words ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- Page 1. CHARLIE GRANT Ex-...
=Project 935= =Hattie Mobley= =Richland County= =FRANK RANGE= =CIVIL WAR SERVANT and HERO= At the age of one hundred and three, Frank Range is a familiar figure on the streets of G...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: J.E. Filer, Marianna, Arkansas Age: 76 "I was born in Washington, Georgia. I come here in 1866. There was three stores in Mari...
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Mose Evans Home: 451 Walnut Aged: 76 Radios from half a dozen houses blared out on the afternoon air. Ben[TR:?] Winslow was popular...
WILLIAM BYRD, 97, was born a slave of Sam Byrd, near Madisonville, Texas. William was with his master during the Civil War. The old Negro is very feeble, but enjoyed talking about...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 333 Subject: CLARA JONES Story teller: Clara Jones Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt CLARA JONES 408 Cannon Street "I been unable t...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320118] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 610 Subject: AUNT LAURA Story Teller: LAURA BELL Editor: Geo. L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 6 1937"] AUNT LAURA An...
WILLIAM ADAMS, 93, was born in slavery, with no opportunity for an education, except three months in a public school. He has taught himself to read and to write. His lifelong ambit...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Betty Johnson 1920 Dennison Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 83 [Date Stamp: MAY 11 1938] "I was born in Montgomery, Alabama, wi...
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lacy Person interviewed: Bob Potter, Russellville, Arkansas Age: 65 "Sure, you oughter remember me--Bob Potter. Used to know you when you was a boy passi...
[HW: Dist. 2 Ex-Slave #17] ELLEN CLAIBOURN 808 Campbell Street (Richmond County) Augusta, Georgia By: (Mrs.) Margaret Johnson--Editor Federal Writers' Project Dist. 2 Augusta, Ga....
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Hardridge 1501 West Barraque St., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 85 "Oh don't ask me that, honey. Yes, I was here in slavery d...
[TR: Date stamp: MAY 8 1937] SUBJECT: EMMA HURLEY OF WASHINGTON-WILKES RESEARCH WORKER: MINNIE BRANHAM STONESTREET EDITOR: JOHN N. BOOTH SUPERVISOR: MISS VELMA BELL DISTRICT: W.P.A...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320223] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 567 Subject: A SLAVE STORY Story Teller: Ora M. Flagg Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] ORA M. FLAGG...
=Project 1885-1= =Folklore= =Spartanburg, Dist. 4= =Oct. 13, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "I live wid my fourth wife and she is much younger dan me....
=Project 1885-1= =FOLKLORE= =Spartanburg Dist. 4= =June 15, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "I was born in 1835 in Lexington County, S.C. I know I was 1...
Interviewer: Mrs. Carol Graham, El Dorado Division Person interviewed: Zenia Culp Age: Over 80 [Jan 29 1938] "Yas'm, my name is Zenia, Zenia Culp 'tis now since I married. My old m...
JAMES JACKSON, 87, was born a slave to the Alexander family, in Caddo Parish, La. When he was about two, his master moved to Travis County, Texas. A short time later he and his two...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Alfred Farrell, Field Worker Monticello, Florida January 12, 1937 MATILDA BROOKS A GOVERNOR'S SLAVES Matilda Brooks,...
N.C. District: 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 448 Subject: A SLAVE STORY Reference: AMY PENNY Editor: George L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 17 1937] AMY PENNY 811 Cannister...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Benjamin Diggs 420 N. Cypress, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 79 "I was born in 1859 in North Carolina. Oh, sure, I remember when th...
JOHN JAMES, 78, was born a slave to John Chapman, on a large plantation in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. John took the name of his father, who was owned by John James. John a...
[HW: Dist. 6 Ex-Slv. #4] WASHINGTON ALLEN, EX-SLAVE Born: December --, 1854 Place of birth: "Some where" in South Carolina Present Residence: 1932-Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Georgia I...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Isabella Duke Little Rock, Arkansas (towards Benton) Visiting in Hazen Age: 62 [HW: Father Wore a Bonnet] "My own dear mother...
Miriam Logan Lebanon, Ohio MRS. CELIA HENDERSON, aged 88. Born Hardin County, Kentucky in 1849 (drawing of Celia Henderson) [TR: no drawing found] "Mah mammy were Julia Dittoe, an...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 857 Subject: FRANK MAGWOOD Person Interviewed: Frank Magwood Editor: G.L. Andrews FRANK MAGWOOD "I was born in Fairfield Cou...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320190] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 793 Subject: Ex-Slave Story Story Teller: Henry Bobbitt Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] EX-SLAVE STOR...