Maryland [--]-22-37 Rogers JAMES WIGGINS, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with James Wiggins, ex-slave, at his home, 625 Barre St. "I was born in Anne Arundel County, on a...
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: John Elliott Age: 80 Home: South Border (property of brother's estate) As told by: John Elliott "No, ma'am. I ain't got no folks. T...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: John H. Smith 2602 W. Twelfth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 81 "I reckon I was here, I member seein' the smoke from the gun...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Brown, Clarendon, Arkansas Age: Born in 1860 "Mama was born in slavery but never sold. Grandma and her husband was sold a...
N.C. District: No. II Worker: Mrs. W.N. Harriss Words: 550 Edited: Mrs. W.N. Harriss Subject: Tillie, Daughter of a Slave Interviewed: Tillie, Caretaker, Cornwallis Headquarters, c...
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: "Wash" Dukes 2217 E. Barraque Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 83 "Yes'm, Wash Dukes is my name. My mother liked Washington so well, she named...
=Project #1655= =W.W. Dixon= =Winnsboro, S.C.= =BILL WILLIAMS= =EX-SLAVE 82 YEARS OLD.= Bill Williams lives on the Durham place, nine miles east of Winnsboro, S.C., on the warm cha...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1120 Subject: JACOB MANSON Person Interviewed: Jacob Manson Editor: G.L. Andrews JACOB MANSON 317 N. Haywood St. Raleigh, N....
BELL CO. (Nelle Shumate) Mandy Gibson: There were auction-blocks near the court houses where the slaves were sold to the highest bidders. A slave would be placed on a platform and...
[Story of Uncle Dick:] Uncle Dick, a negro servant of one of the Hendersons, was the fiddler of the neighborhood at weddings, husking parties and dances. Dick's presence was essent...
Submitted by: Estella R. Dodson District #11 Monroe County Bloomington, Ind. October 4, 1937 INTERVIEW WITH THOMAS LEWIS, COLORED North Summit Street, Bloomington, Ind. I was born...
HARRY JOHNSON, 86, whose real name was Jim, was born in Missouri, where he was stolen by Harry Fugot, when about twelve years old, and taken to Arkansas. He was given the name of H...
Kate Billingsby: Kate Billingsby, Ex-slave, according to a record in a Bible the Buckners gave her when she married was born in 1828. She was owned by Frank and Sarah Buckner. Born...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Harris 713 N. Plum Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82 "I was born right here in Arkansas and I remember they was havin'...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, October 15, 1937 No. ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- MOM HESTER HUNTER Ex-Slave, 85...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, May 18, 1937 No. ---- Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- MOM HESTER HUNTER Ex-Slave, 85 yea...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Eliza Hays 2215 W. Twentieth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 77 or more "On the fourth of August, my birthday, and directly aft...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: James Dickey, Marianna, Arkansas Age: 68 [May 31 1939] "I don't know much to tell about my folks. My parents died when I was y...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 19 1937] JOANNA DRAPER Age 83 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. Most folks can't remember many things happened to 'em when they only eight year...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue FOLKLORE JOHN HENRY GIBSON--EX-SLAVE Colton Street John Henry Gibson was born a...
=Project 1655= =Martha S. Pinckney= =Charleston, S.C.= =FOLKLORE= =Approx. 637 words= =INTERVIEW WITH EX-SLAVE= Everybody in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Christ Church Parish (across...
Interviewer: Mary D. Eudgins Person Interviewed: Miss Adeline Blakeley Age: 87 Home: 101 Rock Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas. There is no hint of elision in the speech of Adeline B...
Nannie Eaves: Nannie Eaves, age 91, born in McLain County, Ky. being a slave of William Eaves, never sold, address now R.R. #2, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. "I guess I was about twenty...
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Phillis Hicks Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 71 "My mother's owner was Master Priest Gates. He had a son in Memphis. I s...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) Rachel A. Austin, Field Worker Monticello, Florida November 10, 1936 DOUGLAS PARISH Douglas Parish was born in Montic...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Louise Pettis, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 59 "My mama was born at Aiken, South Carolina. She was Frances Rotan. I was born at Elb...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lucius Edwards Age: 72 Interviewer's Comment I went to see Lucius Edwards, age seventy-two, twice. He has colitis. He wouldn't...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Vergil Jones, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70 "My parents was Jane Jones and Vergil Jones. Their owner was Colonel Jones in Alabama...
--- 13 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Frank William Glenn Des Arc, Arkansas Age: 73 "I was born June 1864 in Des Arc. My parents named Richard Lewis Gle...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Iran Nelson 603 E. Fourteenth Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 77 "Yes ma'm, they fotch me from Mississippi to Arkansas on the steam...