Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mose King, Lexa, Arkansas Age: 81 "I was born in Richmond, Virginia. My master was Ephriam Hester. He had a wife and little bo...
FOLKLORE Material from Upper Guinea. In the upper part of Guinea, generally known as the "Hook," you will find two very interesting characters, both Negroes. Aunt Susan Kelly, who...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Josephine Scott Lynch, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 69 "Josephine Scott Lynch is my name and I sho don't know a thing to tell you....
LIZZIE JONES, an 86 year old ex-slave of the R.H. Hargrove family, was born in 1861, in Harrison County, Texas. She stayed with her owner until four years after the close of the Ci...
#648 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Gaines Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1872 "I was born in Courtland, Alabama. Mother was twelve years old at the first...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S. C. Date, May 27, 1937 No. Words ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- MOM LOUISA COLLIER Ex-Slave...
STEVE CONNALLY, 90, was born a slave of Tom Connally, grandfather of United States Senator Tom Connally, from Texas. The family then lived in Georgia, and Steve's master was a memb...
FRED BROWN, 84, 1414 Jones St., Fort Worth, Texas, was born a slave to Mr. John Brown, who owned a plantation along the Mississippi River, in Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Fred wa...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Drucilla Davis 1612 W. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 73 "'Little baby's gone to heaven To try on his robe Oh, L...
OLD SLAVE STORY DELLA BRISCOE Macon, Georgia By Adella S. Dixon [HW: (Colored)] [JUL 28 1937] Della Briscoe, now living in Macon, is a former slave of Mr. David Ross, who owned a l...
MANUEL JOHNSON of WASHINGTON-WILKES by Minnie Branham Stonestreet Washington-Wilkes Georgia Seventy-four year old Manuel Johnson, "about de younges'" of the nine children of Milfor...
#787 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Gillie Hill 813 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 45 "My grandmother told me that they had to chink up the cracks...
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Henrietta Ralls 1711 Fluker St. Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 88 "Yes ma'am, I was here in slavery times. I was born in Mississippi, Lee Cou...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320218] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 997 Subject: JERRY HINTON Person Interviewed: Jerry Hinton Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: No Date Stamp] JERRY HI...
El Dorado District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Subject: Slavery Days--Cruel Master Murdered by Slaves Story:--Information This Information given by: Ch...
Iris L Cook District #4 Floyd County SLAVE STORY STORY OF NANCY WHALLEN 924 Pearl St. New Albany, Ind. Nancy Whallen is now about 81 years of age. She doesn't know exactly. She was...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: John Bowdry, Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 75 "I was born at Baldwyn, Mississippi not for from Corinth. When my mother was last see...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Liney Chambers, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: [TR: Some word pronunciation was marked in this interview. Letters surrounded by [] re...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Molly Brown Age: 90 or over Brinkley, Ark. One morning early I (Irene Robertson) got off the bus and started up Main Street. I...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Nancy Anderson Street H, West Memphis, Arkansas Age: 66 "I was born at Sanitobia, Mississippi. Mother died when I was a child....
Project #1655 Everett R. Pierce Columbia, S. C. VICTORIA ADAMS EX-SLAVE 90 YEARS OLD. "You ask me to tell you something 'bout myself and de slaves in slavery times? Well Missy, I w...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Gant Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 101 "I was one hundred and one years old last Saturday (1938). I was born in Bedford...
MARY ARMSTRONG, 91, lives at 3326 Pierce Ave., Houston, Texas. She was born on a farm near St. Louis, Missouri, a slave of William Cleveland. Her father, Sam Adams, belonged to a "...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Flagg 1601 Georgia Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 89 "Yes'm, I was here in Civil War days. I was bout twelve years old...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Samuel Johnson September 11, 1937 REV. SQUIRES JACKSON Lying comfortably in a bed encased with white sheets, Rev. Squ...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 19 1937] STEPHEN McCRAY Age 88 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. I was born in Huntsville County, Alabama, right where the Scottsboro b...
K. Osthimer, Author Aug 12, 1937 Folklore: Stories from Ex-Slaves Lucas County, District Nine Toledo, Ohio The Story of MRS. HANNAH DAVIDSON. Mrs. Hannah Davidson occupies two room...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves 10-13-37 [Date stamp: NOV 5 1937] JAMES SOUTHALL Age 82 years, Oklahoma City, Okla. I was born in Clarksville, Tenn. My father was Wesley and my...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Crosby 1216 Oak Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 76 "Good morning. I don't know anybody 'round here that was born in slav...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320015] Worker: Mary A. Hicks Subject: Ex-Slave Story Story Teller: Milly Henry Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date Stamp "JUN 26 1937"] EX-SLAVE STORY An i...