WILLIAM GREEN, or "Reverend Bill", as he is call by the other Negroes, was brought to Texas from Mississippi in 1862. His master was Major John Montgomery. William is 87 years old....
Virginia Tulley District #2 Fort Wayne, Indiana EX-SLAVE OF ALLEN COUNTY [MRS. HENRIETTA JACKSON] References: A. Ft. Wayne News Sentinel November 21, 1931 B. Personal interview [TR...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Judia Fortenberry 712 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75 Occupation: Field hand [May 21 1938] [HW: Slaves Allowed to Visit...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Laura Rowland (Bright Mulatto) Age: 65? Address: Brinkley, Arkansas "My parents name was Mary Ann and Sam Billingslea. Mother'...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Minerva Davis, Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 56 "My father was sold in Richmond, Virginia when he was eighteen years old to the nigger...
Federal Writers' Project of the W.P.A. District #6 Marion County Anna Pritchett 1200 Kentucky Avenue FOLKLORE MRS. SARAH H. LOCKE--DAUGHTER [of Wm. A. and Priscilla Taylor] Mrs. Lo...
Project 1885 -1- District #4 Spartanburg, S.C. May 28, 1937 FOLKLORE: EX-SLAVES Six miles east of Spartanburg on R.F.D. No. 2, the writer found Aunt Charlotte Foster, a colored wom...
G. Monroe Dist. 4 Jefferson County SLAVE STORY MR. JACK SIMMS' STORY Personal Interview Mr. Simms was born and raised on Mill Creek Kentucky, and now lives in Madison Indiana on Po...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Lewis Brown 708 Oak Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 83 "Yes'm my name is Brown--Lewis Brown. Yes'm I lived durin' slavery tim...
This information given by: Lewis Brown Place of residence: 802 W. Eighth. Pine Bluff. Arkansas Occupation: None, retired minister Age: 84 Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas...
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Mary Jackson, Russellville, Arkansas Age: 75? "My name is Mary Jackson, and I was born in Miller Grove, Hunt County, Texas durin...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Nathan Miller, Madison, Arkansas Age: Born in 1868 "Lady, I'll tell you what I know but it won't nigh fill your book. "I was b...
COMPILATION RICHMOND COUNTY EX-SLAVE INTERVIEWS MISTREATMENT OF SLAVES Written by: Louise Oliphant, Federal Writers' Project Augusta, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth, District Sup...
Code No. Project, 1885-(1) Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis Place, Marion, S.C. Date, November 11, 1937 Reduced from ---- words Rewritten by ---- LINEY HENDERSON EX-SLAVE, 70 YEARS "Ac...
EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW MARTHA COLQUITT, Age 85 190 Lyndon Avenue Athens, Georgia Written by: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Federal Writers' Project Athens, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth Distri...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Martha Johnson, West Memphis Age: 71 "I was born at Lake Providence, Louisiana second year after the War. Mother's mother was...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves SARAH WILSON Age 87 yrs. Fort Gibson, Okla. I was a Cherokee slave and now I am a Cherokee freedwoman, and besides that I am a quarter Cherokee...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Emaline Neland, Marianna, Arkansas Age: Born 1859 "I was born two years before the War. I was born in Murray County, Tennessee...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Liddie Aiken, Wheatley, Arkansas Age: 62 "My mother was born in southwest Georgia close to the Alabama line. Her mother come f...
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Little Rock District Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: TALES [HW: Superstitions and Charms] Story--Information (If not enough space on this page add p...
DEC 21 1937 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Rachel Harris 8161/2 E. Fifth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 90 "I reekolect when the war started. I was big enuf to be...
HARRIET COLLINS was born in Houston, Texas, in 1870. Her family had been slaves of Richard Coke, and remained with him many years after they were freed. Harriet recalls some incide...
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Henry Fitzhugh Aged: 90 Home: Rooms at 209 Walnut Street Several "colored" districts are scattered throughout Hot springs. On Whitt...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: John Payne Brinkley, Ark. Age: 74 "I was born in Georgia, close to Bowles Spring, in Franklin County. My mama's master was Rev...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Liza Stiggers, Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 70 plus "I was born in Poplar Grove, Arkansas on Col. Bibbs' place. Mama was sold t...
=Project #1655= =W.W. Dixon= =Winnsboro, S.C.= =MARY WOODWARD= =EX-SLAVE 83 YEARS OLD.= "I knows you since you 'bout dis high (indicating). When was it? Where I see you? I see you...
=Project 1885-1= =FOLKLORE= =Spartanburg Dist. 4= =June 15, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "I'm living on Mr. Russel Emmitt's place. I never did nothin...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 755 Subject: REV. HANDY WILLIAMS Person Interviewed: Rev. Handy Williams Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt REV. HANDY WILLIAMS Dunn...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Sally Nealy 105 Mulberry Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 91 "Yes mam, I was a slave! I was sixteen years old when the war beg...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Violet Shaw, West Memphis, Arkansas Age: 50 "I heard Grandma Katie Williams say she was put up on a high stump and auctioned o...