Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ida Rigley, Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 82 "I was born in Richmond, Virginia. Colonel Radford and Emma Radford owned my mother...
[HW: Dist. 5 Ex-Slave #67 E.F. Driskell 12/31/36] [HW: GEORGE LEWIS] [Date Stamp: MAY 2- --] Mr. George Lewis was born in Pensacola, Florida December 17, 1849. In addition to himse...
Hallie Miller, Reporter Audrey Meighen, Author-Editor Folklore: Ex-slaves Gellia County, District 3 JAMES CAMPBELL Age 86 "Well, I'se bo'n Monro' County, West Virginia, on January...
[HW: Dist. 6 Ex-Slave #75] Folklore Alberta Minor Re-search Worker MOLLIE MITCHELL, Ex Negro Slave 507 East Chappell Street Griffin, Georgia August 31, 1936 [Date Stamp: MAY 8 1937...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Rachel A. Austin, Field Worker John A. Simms, Editor Jacksonville, Florida October 27, 1936 SAMUEL SIMEON ANDREWS For...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana FOLKLORE MRS. CALLIE BRACEY--DAUGHTER [of Louise Terrell...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Gip Minton, Des Arc, Arkansas Age: 84 "I was born at Jackson, Alabama on the Tennessee River. It was sho a putty river. I neve...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves ISAAC ADAMS Age 87 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. I was born in Louisiana, way before the War. I think it was about ten years before, because I can remember...
=Project #1655= =Henry Grant,= =Columbia, S.C.= =ISOM ROBERTS= =EX-SLAVE 80 YEARS OLD= Isom Roberts rents one room at 1226 Waverly Street, Columbia, S.C., and lives alone. However...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Lula Taylor, R.F.D., east of town, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 71 "My mother was sold five times. She was sold when she was too li...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue FOLKLORE MRS. AMERICA MORGAN--EX-SLAVE 816 Camp Street America Morgan was born...
BETTY BORMER, 80, was born a slave to Col. M.T. Johnson, who farmed at Johnson Station in Tarrant County. He owned Betty's parents, five sisters and four brothers, in addition to a...
Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) [HW: Ky 13] Interview with George Henderson: Uncle George tells me that he was born May 10, 1860 near Versailles, in Woodford County,...
John Anderson: A story resulting from an interview with John Anderson, an old Negro slave: "I was born in Pennsylvania, on Shiptown road, Clinton County, close to Mercersberg. When...
JACOB BRANCH, about 86, was a slave of the Van Loos family, in Louisiana, who sold him when a baby to Elisha Stevenson, of Double Bayou, Texas. Jacob helps his son, Enrichs, farm,...
[HW: Robert Henry Ex-slave] FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT W.P.A. OFFICE 787 COBB STREET ATHENS, GEORGIA OCTOBER 16, 1936 Mr. John L. Peters, Director W.P.A. District No. 2 708 Telfair S...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves MRS. MATTIE LOGAN Age 79 yrs. Route 5, West Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is a mighty fitting time to be telling about the slave days, for I'm just fini...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 779 Subject: RENA RAINES Person Interviewed: Rena Raines Editor: G.L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 17 1937] RENA RAINES "I w...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Tony Piggy Brinkley, Ark. Age: 75 "I was born near Selma, Alabama, but I was raised in Mississippi. My grandpa was sold from S...
Monroe County. Folklore. (Lenneth Jones-242) [HW: Essay] Uncle Edd Shirley (97): Janitor at Tompkinsville Drug Co. and Hospital, Tompkinsville, Ky. [TR: Information moved from bott...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Fannie Alexander, Helena, Arkansas Age: 62 "I was an orphant child. My mother-in-law told me during slavery she was a field ha...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320125] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 1119 Subject: AUNT LUCY'S LOVE STORY Person Interviewed: Lucy Ann Dunn Editor: G. L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 1...
PLANTATION LIFE as viewed by ex-slave WILL SHEETS, Age 76 1290 W. Broad Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Sadie B. Hornsby Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens Leila Harris and...
=Project 1885-1= =FOLKLORE= =Spartanburg, Dist. 4= =Sept. 9, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES OF EX-SLAVES= "Marster Charner Scaife a-laying on his bed of death is 'bout...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [HW: (photo)] [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] CHARLEY WILLIAMS Age 94 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. Iffen I could see better out'n my old eyes, and I had me somet...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Dolly Phillips, Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 67 "I ain't no ex-slave. I am 67 years old. I was born out here on the Mullins place....
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Eliza Jones 610 E. Eighteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 89 "Yes ma'am, this is Eliza. I was born in slave times and I knowed h...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Emma Oats (Mulatto) Holly Grove, Ark. Age: 90 or older "I was born in St. Louis. My mother died when I was little. I never kno...
INTERVIEW FRANCES BATSON 1213 Scovel St. Nashville, Tennessee "I dunno jes how ole I ez. I wuz baw'n 'yer in Nashville, durin' slabery. I must be way pas' 90 fer I member de Yankee...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 794 Subject: SLAVERY DAYS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY Story teller: Lily Perry Editor: Geo. L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: JUL 24 1937] SL...