Little Rock District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: HISTORY OF ELLIS JEFFERSON--(NEGRO) Story--Information (If not enough space on this page add pa...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320088] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 570 Subject: A SLAVE STORY Story Teller: Georgianna Foster Editor: George L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 23 1937"...
#782 Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Joe Haywood 2207 West Eleventh Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 76 "I was born the first day of January, 1862 Born in Mississi...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320163] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1,566 Subject: JOHN C. BECTOM Story Teller: John C. Bectom Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date Stamp "JUN 1 1937"...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Liza Jones (Cookie) 610 S. Eighteenth Street, Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 88 "Come in, this is Cookie. Well, I do know a heap about s...
Interviewer: Mrs. Rosa B. Ingram Person interviewed: Lizzie Barnett; Conway, Arkansas Age: 100? "Yes; I was born a slave. My old mammy was a slave before me. She was owned by my ol...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Roberta Shaver, West Memphis, Arkansas Age: 50 "I was born close to Natchez, Mississippi. Grandma was sold at Wickerson County...
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Senia Rassberry 810 Catalpa Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 84 "Yes'm, I know what I hear em say. Well, in slavery times I he...
Project 1815-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 June 10, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I was born in Newberry County, S. C., near Belfast, about 1854. I was a s...
Project 1885-1 FOLKLORE Spartanburg Dist. 4 Sept. 22, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES "I live in a comfortable two-room cottage which my son owns. I can't do m...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Henry Anthony; R.F.D. #1 Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 84 "I was born at Jackson, North Carolina. My master and mistress named Betsy a...
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Lucy Cotton Russellville, Arkansas Age: 72 [Jan 7 1938] "Lucy Cotton's my name, and I was born on the tenth day of June, 1865, j...
Project 1885-1 From Field Notes. District No. 4. April 27, 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage FOLK LORE: FOLK TALES (Negro). "Marse Glenn had 64 slaves. On Sat'day night, de darkies wou...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Robert James 4325 W. Eighth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 66, or older Occupation: Cook "I was born in Lexington, Mississippi...
Project #-1655 Phoebe Faucette Hampton County Approx. 800 Words SOLBERT BUTLER EX-SLAVE OF 82 YEARS Miles from the highway old Solbert Butler lives alone under the shadow of the ha...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Henry Rooks Baptist Preacher; Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 84 The slaves didn't spect nothing but freedom. Jes freedom! In...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Huff Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1864 "I was born close to Charlotte, North Carolina. Alex Huff owned my parents and...
N. C. District: No. 2 [320079] Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 862 Subject: FANNIE DUNN Story Teller: Fannie Dunn Editor: G. L. Andrews [TR: Date Stamp "AUG 17 1937"] FANNIE DUN...
Name of Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Rachel Bradley. 1103 State Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 107? Upon arriving at the humble unpainted home of Rachel...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves LEWIS BONNER Age 87 yrs. 507 N. Durland Oklahoma City, Oklahoma I was born 7 miles north of Palestine, Texas, on Matt Swanson's place in 1850, b...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Liddie Boechus, (second interview) Madison, Arkansas Age: 73 "I was born in West Point, Mississippi. My own dear mother's owne...
Willie H. Cole 10-8-37 THE STORY OF AN EX-SLAVE [MRS. LULA WASHINGTON, Age 84] Mrs. Lula Washington was born a slave. She claims to be eighty-four years old. Mrs. Washington was co...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mark C. Trotter, Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 71 "My owners was Miss Betty and Mr. Luke Trotter. I was born in Tunica County, Miss...
#647 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Minnie Hollomon R.F.D., Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 75 "My parents was Elsie and Manuel Jones. They had five children. The Jone...
REFERENCES A. Coronado's Children--J. Frank Dobie, Pub. 1929, Austin, Tex. B. Leon County News--Centerville, Texas--Thursday May 21, 1936. C. Consultant--Uncle Willis Anderson, res...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Will Ann Rogers R.F.D., Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70 "I was born three years after the surrender. I was born at Fryers Point, Mi...
=Project 1885 -1-= =District #4= =Spartanburg, S.C.= =May 29, 1937= =FOLK-LORE: EX-SLAVE= "I was born about 1846, 'cause I was in de war and was 19 years old when de war was over....
Interviewer: Mrs. Annie L. LaCotts Person interviewed: Margret Hulm, Humphrey, Arkansas Age: 97 (Story of Abraham Lincoln as a spy) In the west edge of Humphrey in a small house be...
Oklahoma Writers' Project Ex-Slaves 570 words 10-19-1938 MARY FRANCES WEBB Grand daughter of Sarah Vest, aged 92, (deceased) McAlester, Okla. I've heard my grandmother tell a lot o...
Project 1885-1 From Field Notes Spartanburg, Dist. 4 April 28. 1937 Edited by: Elmer Turnage FOLK LORE: FOLK TALES (negro) "I sho members when de soldiers come home from de war. Al...