FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of interviewer: Watt McKinney Subject: Ex-Slave and Confederate Soldiers Story:--Information This information given by: "Uncle" Henry Turner (c) Place of res...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: James Morgan 819 Rice Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 65 "During the slave time, the pateroles used to go from one plantation t...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana FOLKLORE JOSEPH MOSLEY, EX-SLAVE 2637 Boulevard Place [T...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320026] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 22,289 Subject: A SLAVE STORY (Princess Quango Hennadonah Perceriah). Reference: MARY ANNGADY [HW: 80 years] Edito...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Casper Rumple, De Valls Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78 "I will be, providin' the good Lord spare me, 79 years old the first day of Ja...
PLANTATION LIFE, AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE Written By: Miss Grace McCune Athens -- Edited By: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens -- and John N. Booth District Supervisor Federal Writers' Pro...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Poe, Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 60 "My papa used to tell about two men he knowd stealing a hog. He was Wyatt Alexander....
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue FOLKLORE ROBERT HOWARD--EX-SLAVE 1840 Boulevard Place Robert Howard, an ex-slav...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 346 Subject: TINA JOHNSON Story teller: Tina Johnson Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt TINA JOHNSON Ex-Slave Story An interview with...
Maryland [--]-20-37 Rogers JAMES CALHART JAMES, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with James Calhart James, ex-slave, at his home, 2460 Druid Hill Ave., Baltimore. "My father...
=Project 1885-1= =FOLKLORE= =Spartanburg Dist. 4= =May 25, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "I was a Garmany before I married Calvin Wilson. My father wa...
District No.: 3 Worker: Travis Jordan Subject: Clara Cotton McCoy Ex-slave 82 years Durham, N.C. RFD #7 CLARA COTTON MC-COY EX-SLAVE 82 YEARS "Yes'm, I was bawn eighty-two years ag...
Albert Strope, Field Worker Federal Writers' Project St. Joseph County--District #1 Mishawaka, Indiana EX-SLAVE REV. H.H. EDMUNDS 403 West Hickory Street Elkhart, Indiana Rev. H.H....
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Jordan Davis 306 Cypress Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 86 "I was a boy in the house when the war started and I heard the mi...
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson, colored Caroline Stout EX-SLAVES I was born in Alabama in slavery time. I was sold from my mother after I was five years old and never did see her a...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Diana Rankins, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 66 "I was born at Arlington, Tennessee but when I was a chile the depot was called With...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Evelyn Jones 815 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 68 and 78? "I was born in Lonoke County right here in Arkansas. M...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves MARSHALL MACK Age 83 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. I was born September 10, 1854. I am the second child of five. My mother was named Sylvestus Mack...
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: Tines Kendricks, Trenton, Arkansas Age: 104 "My name is Tines Kendricks. I was borned in Crawford County, Georgia. You see, Boss, I i...
[HW: DIST. 4 Ex. Slave.] 310 Louise McKinney 100142 [HW: "Uncle Jake"] "A Vessel Ob De Lawd". Uncle Jake was a character up in the hills of north Georgia. I can look back and see h...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves BEAUREGARD TENNEYSON Age 87 yrs. West Tulsa, Okla. My mother and father just about stocked Jess Tenneyson's plantation with slaves. That's a fac...
Beulah Van Meter District 4 Clark County BILLY SLAUGHTER 1123 Watt St. Jeffersonville Billy Slaughter was born Sept. 15, 1858, on the Lincoln Farm near Hodgenville, Ky. The Slaught...
PRISCILLA GIBSON is not sure of her age, but thinks she was born about 1856, in Smith County, Mississippi, to Mary Puckett and her Indian husband. They belonged to Jesse Puckett, w...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: T.W. Cotton, Helena, Arkansas Age: 80 [May 11 1938] "I was born close to Indian Bay. I belong to Ed Cotton. Mother was sold fr...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg, S. C. Sept. 15, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I works on de shares and makes a fair living on a rented farm; don't own...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320247] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 815 Subject: FRANK FREEMAN Story Teller: Frank Freeman Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] FRANK FREEMA...
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Judy Parker Home: 618 Wade Street, Hot Springs, Ark. Aged: 77 For location of Wade Street, see interview with Emma Sanderson. As th...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Susa Lagrone 25th and Texas Streets, Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 79 "I don't know exactly how old I am but I know I was here at surre...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Emma Moore 3715 Short West Second, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 80 Occupation: Laundry work "I'se born in slavery times. When my d...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Frances Smith 2224 Havis Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 77 "I specs I was born in slavery times. I remember seein' the Yanke...