Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett, 1200 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana FOLKLORE MRS. ROSALINE ROGERS--EX-SLAVE--110 YEARS OLD...
AUNT DOLLY HAYNES EX-SLAVE, 91 YEARS OLD, ARTHURTOWN S.C. "I nebber wuz no rockin' chair setter. I ain't nebber had no time to set down and do nuthin'. I wuz born at Euta, South Ca...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Cyrus Bellus 1320 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 73 [HW: Made Own Cloth] "I was born in Mississippi in 1865 in Jeffers...
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE EMMA VIRGEL, Age 73 1491 W. Broad Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Grace McCune Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens and John N. Booth...
#712 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Julia Grace 819 N. Spruce Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 75 "I was seventy-four this last past fourth of July. I was bo...
=Project #1655= =Stiles M. Scruggs= =Columbia, S.C.= =THE POT OF GOLD.= Martha Richardson, who tells this story, lives at 924 Senate Street, Columbia, S.C. Her father was an Indian...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Emma Morris, Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 71 "My parents was Jane and Sam McCaslin. They come from close to Atlanta, Georgia to...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 679 Subject: PLANTATION LIFE Teller: Lila Nichols Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date stamp: JUN 1 1937] PLANTATION LIFE An I...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: James Davis 1112 Indiana St. (owner), Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 96 Occupation: Cotton farmer "This is what's left of me. How old? M...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Katie Dillon 307 Hazel Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82 [Dec 31 1937] "I hope I was here in slavery days--don't I look like...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Peggy Sloan 2450 Howard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 80, or more Occupation: Farming "I was born in Arkansas in Tulip,...
THE STORY OF "UNCLE" MOBLE HOPSON. (pronounced Mobile) Interview Saturday, November 28th at his home on the Poquoson River. (Recorded from memory within 1 hour after "being talked...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] WILLIAM HUTSON Age 98 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. When a feller gets as old as me it's a heap easier to forget things than it is...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dora Holmes [HW crossed out: (light brown)] 1500 Valentine St., Little Rock, Ark. Age: 60? Occupation: Housewife "My father's half...
JAMES D. JOHNSON, born Oct. 1st, 1860, at Lexington, Mississippi, was a slave of Judge Drennon. He now lives with his daughter at 4527 Baltimore St., Dallas, Texas. His memory is p...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320169] Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 130 Subject: EX-SLAVE STORY Story Teller: Julia Crenshaw Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: HW circled "I"] [TR: No Dat...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] NELLIE JOHNSON I don't know how old I is, but I is a great big half grown gal when the time of the War come, and I can...
[HW: Dist. 7 Ex-Slave #22] Adella S. Dixon District 7 PIERCE CODY OLD SLAVE STORY [HW: About 88] [MAY 8 1937] Pierce Cody was the eldest son of Elbert and Dorothy Cody. His father...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Annie Beck, West Memphis, Arkansas Age: 50 "I was born in Mississippi. Mama was born in Alabama and sold to Holcomb, Mississip...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Rigger R.F.D., three miles, Palestine, Arkansas Age: 85 plus, doesn't know age "I was born six miles from Mounticellar...
Project #1655 Henry Grant Columbia, S. C. REFLECTIONS OF EZRA ADAMS EX-SLAVE 83 YEARS OLD Ezra Adams is incapable of self-support, owing to ill health. He is very well taken care o...
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE GREEN WILLBANKS, Age 77 347 Fairview Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Mrs. Sadie B. Hornsby Athens Edited by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Athens a...
Project #1655 Martha S. Pinckney Charleston, S. C. FOLKLORE Approx. 660 words INTERVIEW WITH EX-SLAVE Age 88-90 Mary Frances Brown is a typical product of the old school of trained...
Project #-1655 Cassels R. Tiedeman Charleston, S. C. FOLKLORE INTERVIEW WITH AN EX-SLAVE Mary Frances Brown, about ninety years of age, born in slavery, on the plantation of Luke T...
GUS JOHNSON, 90 years or more, was born a slave of Mrs. Betty Glover, in Marengo Co., Alabama. Most of his memories are of his later boyhood in Sunnyside, Texas. He lives in an unk...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mollie Hardy Scott, R.F.D., DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Age: 90 "I was born at Granville, Georgia in Franklin County. I don't know...
WAYNE CO. (Gertrude Vogler) [Mrs. Duncan:] "After the War was over mammie's old man did not want us with them, so he threatened to kill us. Then my old mammie fixed us a little bun...
ROBERT SHEPHERD, Age 91 386 Arch Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Grace McCune [HW: (White)] Athens Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens Leila Harris Augusta and John N. Booth Distric...
Interviewer: Mrs. Carol Graham Person interviewed: Tom & Sarah Douglas Resident: El Dorado, Arkansas Age: 90 and 83. NOTE: This is a second interview with Uncle Tom and Aunt Sarah...
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Pine Bluff District Name of interviewer: Martin--Barker Subject: Ex-Slave Story: "Son of Martha and Peter Hinton. Came from N.C. about 12 years ago, at close of C...