Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] ANNIE HAWKINS Age 90 Colbert, Okla I calls myself 90, but I don't know jest how old I really am but I was a good sized...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves HENRY F. PYLES Age 81 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. Little pinch o' pepper---- Little bunch o' wool---- Mumbledy--Mumbledy---- Two, three Pammy Christy bean...
WILLIS BENNEFIELD, HEPHZIBAH, GA., Born 1835. [TR: "Uncle Willis" in individual interviews.] "Uncle Willis" lives with his daughter Rena Berrian, who is 74 years old. "I his baby,"...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 May 31, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was Capt. Jack's body-guard in during de whole entire war. I means Capt....
[HW: (COPY)] El Dorado Division FOLKLORE SUBJECTS (Ex-Slave) Mrs. Mildred Thompson Federal Writers' Project Union County, Arkansas [TR: hand dated Nov. 6, 1936] [TR: Ellen Crowley]...
NOV 30 1936 Mrs. Mildred Thompson Mrs. Carol Graham El Dorado District Ex-Slave--Hoodoo--Haunted Houses Aunt Pinkey Howard, an old negress of slavery days, can't "comember" her age...
Interviewer: Miss Sallie C. Miller Person interviewed: Pete Newton, Clarksville, Arkansas Age: 83 [TR: 85?] Occupation: Farmer and day laborer "My white folks was as good to me as...
A SHORT TALK WITH SARAH GRAY-- EX-SLAVE A paper submitted by Minnie B. Ross Revision of original copy and typing by J. C. Russell 1/25/37 Talk with ex-slave SARAH GRAY M. B. Ross S...
PLANTATION LIFE as viewed by Ex-Slave [TR: date stamp: MAY 28 1938] CHARLIE HUDSON 258 Lyndon Avenue Athens, Georgia Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Athens -- Edited by: Sarah H. Hall...
Project 1885-1. Folk Lore District No. 4. May 27, 1937. Edited by: J. J. Murray. EX-SLAVE STORIES "Aunt" Mary Adams was swinging easily back and forth in the porch swing as the wri...
[HW: Dist. 1 Ex-Slave #92] HENRY ROGERS of WASHINGTON-WILKES by Minnie Branham Stonestreet Washington-Wilkes Georgia [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937] Henry Rogers of Washington-Wilkes is k...
WPA in Ohio Federal Writers' Project Bishop & Isleman Reporter: Bishop July 7, 1937 Topic: Ex-Slaves. Jefferson County, District #5 [HW: Steubenville] THOMAS McMILLAN, Ex-Slave (Do...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Waters McIntosh 1900 Howard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 76 "I was born July 4, 1862 at 2:08 in the morning at Lynchburg, Su...
#731 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Wesley Graves 817 Hickory Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 70 [HW: [Father Taught Night School]] "My father's white f...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 638 Subject: CHARITY RIDDICK Story teller: Charity Riddick Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date stamp: JUN 2 (unclear)] CHAR...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mandy Billings 3101 W. 14th Highland Add., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 84 "Now I was born in 1854. That was in slavery times. That wa...
BETTY FARROW, 90, now living with a son on a farm in Moser Valley, a Negro settlement ten miles northeast of Fort Worth on Texas Highway No. 15, was born a slave to Mr. Alex Clark,...
OWENS CO. (John Forsee) George Dorsey: Although this article is presented in narrative form and has but few characters, the writer believes it to be an excellent example of life in...
Dist. No. 4 Johnson Co. William R. Mays Aug. 2, 1937 SLAVERY DAYS OF GEORGE THOMPSON My name is George Thompson, I was born in Monroe County, Kentucky near the Cumberland river Oct...
Interviewer: S.S. Taylor Person interviewed: Hannah Travis, 3219 W. Sixteenth, Little Rock, Ark. Age: 75 Occupation: Housewife "The Jay Hawkers would travel at night. When they cam...
N.C. District: II Worker: Mrs. W.N. Harriss No. Words: 396 Subject: Emeline Moore, Ex-slave. Interviewed: Emeline Moore. 707 Hanover Street, Wilmington, N.C. Edited: Mrs. W.N. Harr...
Project #-1655 Cassels R. Tiedeman Charleston, S.C. FOLKLORE EMMA FRASER--EX-SLAVE Emma Fraser, a pathetic old character, probably on account of many hardships, and the lack of fam...
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS El Dorado District Name of interviewer: Mildred Thompson & Carol Graham. Subject: Uncle Jack Island--Ex-Slave. Story--Information (If not enough space on this pag...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Bob Benford 209 N. Maple Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 79 "Slavery-time folks? Here's one of em. Near as I can get at it, I...
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: EX-SLAVE--HISTORY--OLD SAYINGS This information given by: George Braddox Place of Residence: Hazen, Arkansas Occupation: Farmer AGE: 8...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Griffin Myrax 913 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age 77? "I don't know my age exactly. You know in them days people didn...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] PRINCE BEE Age 85 yrs. Red Bird, Okla. I don't know how old I was when I found myself standing on the toppen part of a...
SUBJECT SLAVE STORIES ROBERT FALLS 608 South Broadway Knoxville, Tennessee Interviewed by Della Yoe, Foreman Federal Writers' Project, First District, WPA Room # 215 Old YMCA Build...
ANDREW (Smoky) COLUMBUS was born in 1859 on the John J. Ellington plantation, one mile south of Linden, Texas. He continued in the service of the Ellingtons until about 1878, when...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Pearl Randolph, Field Worker John A. Simms, Editor Jacksonville, Florida August 18, 1936 FRANK BERRY Frank Berry, liv...