Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. SAVILLA BURRELL, EX-SLAVE, 83 YEARS "Our preacher, Beaty, told me that you wanted to see me today. I walked three miles dis mornin' befor...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charles Anderson. Helena, Arkansas Age: 77 or 78, not sure "I was born in Bloomfield, Kentucky. My parents had the same owners...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Ervin E. Smith 811 Ringo Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 84 "I have been in this state for forty-nine years. I will be here fif...
Spartanburg, S. C. June 7, 1937 FOLKLORE: EX-SLAVES "I was born in Laurens County, S. C., at the 'brick house', which is close to Newberry County line, and my master was Dr. Felix...
[HW: Isaac (Isaiah) Green] Edwin Driskell THE EXPERIENCES OF AN EX-SLAVE Following is the account of slavery as told by Mr. Isaac Green, who spent a part of his childhood as a slav...
GUS BRADSHAW was born about 1845, at Keecheye, Alabama, a slave of David Cavin. He recalls being brought to Texas in the 1850's, when the Cavin family settled near old Port Caddo....
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Maria Sutton Clements De Valls Bluff, Arkansas Age: [Dec 31 1937] [TR: Also reported as Maria Sutton Clemments] "Missus, I tho...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Maria Sutton Clements, De Valls Bluff, Ark. Age: Between 85 and 90 [TR: Also reported as Maria Sutton Clemments] "Miss, I don'...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves NANCY GARDNER Age 79 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Well, to tell you de truth I don't know my age, but I was born in 1858, in Franklin, Tennessee...
G. Monroe Dist. 4 Jefferson County SLAVE STORY MRS. PRESTON'S STORY Mrs. Preston is an old lady, 83 years old, very charming and hospitable She lives on North Elm Street, Madison,...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary Hicks No. Words: 320 Subject: A SLAVERY STORY Story Teller: CHANEY SPELL Editor: George L. Andrews CHANEY SPELL An interview with Chaney Spell, 10...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hardy Miller 702-1/2 W. Second Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85 Occupation: Yardman "Mistress, I'll tell you what my mother...
MONROE CO. (Lenneth Jones) (Uncle) Edd Shirley: I am 97 years and my name is Uncle Edd Shirley and I am still working as janitor and support my family. My father was a white man an...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Perry Madden, Thirteenth Street, south side, one block east of Boyle Park Road, Route 6, Care L.G. Cotton, Little Rock, Arkansas A...
COMPILATION FOLKLORE INTERVIEWS--RICHMOND COUNTY CONJURATION Written by: Louise Oliphant Federal Writers' Project Augusta, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth, District Supervisor, Re...
COMPILATION RICHMOND COUNTY--EX-SLAVE INTERVIEWS FOLK REMEDIES AND SUPERSTITION Written by: Louise Oliphant Federal Writers' Project Augusta, Georgia Edited by: John N. Booth Distr...
GARRARD CO. (Sue Higgins) Myth: Notions about nature when the stars fell in 1833. At the Old Thomas Kennedy farm (Uncle Tom's Cabin), young Tom and some more boys were playing card...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECTS Augusta-Athens Supervisor: Miss Velma Bell EXCERPTS FROM SLAVE INTERVIEWS UNCLE WILLIS [Date Stamp: APR 8 1937] [TR: Also in combined interviews as Willis...
Project #1655 Mrs. Genevieve W. Chandler Murrells Inlet, S. C. Georgetown County FOLKLORE VISIT WITH UNCLE WELCOME BEES--AGE 104 YEARS The road is perfectly camouflaged from the Ki...
Project 1885-1 Folklore Spartanburg, Dist. 4 Oct. 14, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I lives in Newberry in a small three-room house which belongs to my son....
"I was born in the town of Newberry, and was a servant of Major John P. Kinard. I married Sam Eddington. I was a Baker, daughter of Mike and Patience Baker. My mother was a free wo...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves [Date stamp: AUG 16 1937] MRS. ISABELLA JACKSON Age 79 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. "Boom ... Boom! Boom ... Boom!" That's the way the old weaver go all da...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 May 24, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born in Union County, S. C., not far from the ferry on Tyger River....
Project 1885 -1- Spartanburg, S.C. May 31, 1937 District #4 Edited by: Martha Ritter FOLKLORE: EX-SLAVES "I was born in Edgefield County, S.C. (now called Saluda County) in 1857. M...
PLANTATION LIFE as viewed by Ex-Slave MAHALA JEWEL 177 Berry Street Athens, Georgia. Written by: Grace McCune Athens -- Edited by: Sarah H. Hall Athens -- John N. Booth District Su...
NANCY KING, 93, was born in Upshur County, Texas, a slave of William Jackson. She and her husband moved to Marshall, Texas, in 1866. Nancy now lives with her daughter, Lucy Staples...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Senya Singfield 1613 W. Second Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 74 "I was born in Washington, Virginia right at the foot of th...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mandy Tucker 1021 E. 11th Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 80? "I was here in slavery times but I don't know what year I was b...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mattie Fritz, Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 79 "I was born at Duncan, Arkansas. Mother died when I was a baby. Old slavery black 'M...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Millie Taylor 1418 Texas Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78 "Yes'm, I was born in slavery times in Calhoun County, Mississipp...