Maryland 11/15/37 Rogers CHARLES COLES, Ex-slave. Reference: Personal interview with Charles Coles at his home, 1106 Sterling St., Baltimore, Md. "I was born near Pisgah, a small v...
[TR: date stamp: MAY 13 1938] PLANTATION LIFE as viewed by ex-slave ALICE HUTCHESON 165 Rockspring Street Athens, Georgia Written by: Grace McCune Athens -- Edited by: Sarah H. Hal...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: Mary A. Hicks No. Words: 920 Subject: EX-SLAVE STORY Story teller: Ben Johnson Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt [TR: Date stamp: JUN 1 1937] EX-SLAVE STORY A...
=Project 1885-1= =Folklore= =Spartanburg, Dist. 4= =Nov. 29, 1937= =Edited by:= =Elmer Turnage= =STORIES FROM EX-SLAVES= "Lawsey, honey chile, how does I know jes' when I was born....
N. C. District: No. 3 [320274] Worker: Travis Jordan Subject: Fanny Cannady Ex-Slave 79 Years Durham County [TR No. Words: 1,444] [TR: No Date Stamp] FANNY CANNADY EX-SLAVE 79 year...
PLANTATION LIFE AS VIEWED BY AN EX-SLAVE ADDIE VINSON, Age 86 653 Dearing Street Athens, Georgia Written By: Mrs. Sadie B. Hornsby Athens, Georgia Edited By: Mrs. Sarah H. Hall Ath...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Abbie Lindsay 914 W. Tenth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 84 [HW: cf. Will Glass' story, No. ----?] "I was born June 1, 1856;...
Circumstances of Interview STATE--Arkansas NAME OF WORKER--Miss Hazel Horn ADDRESS--Little Rock, Arkansas DATE--Last of April, 1936 SUBJECT--Ex-slave [TR: Repetitive information de...
RICHMOND COUNTY EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW LEAH GARRETT Written by: Louise Oliphant Federal Writers' Project Augusta, Georgia Edited By: John N. Booth District Supervisor Federal Writers'...
THE AMERICAN GUIDE TOPEKA, KANSAS EX SLAVE STORY OTTAWA, KANSAS BY: Leta Gray (interviewer) "My name is Clayton Holbert, and I am an ex slave. I am eighty-six years old. I was born...
History of Ex-slave and Civil War Veteran Charles Grandy was born February 19, 1842, in Mississippi. While still an infant, he was brought to Norfolk. When the family arrived in No...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Adaline Johnson Joining the Plunkett farms Eight miles from Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 96 "I was born twelve miles from the capital...
JACK BESS was born near Goliad, Texas in 1854, a slave of Steve Bess who was a rancher. He worked with stock as a very young boy and this was his duty during and after the Civil Wa...
PHOEBE HENDERSON, a 105 year old Negro of Harrison Co., was born a slave of the Bradley family at Macon, Georgia. After the death of her mistress, Phoebe belonged to one of the dau...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1172 Subject: HATTIE ROGERS Person Interviewed: Hattie Rogers Editor: G.L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 4 1937] HATTIE ROGER...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Henry Nelson, Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 70 [TR: Appears to be same as last informant despite different address.] "My mother bel...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Henry Nelson 904 E. Fifth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 70 "My name is Henry Nelson. I was born in Arkansas--Crittenden...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Green Gray R.F.D. #1 Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 70--73? "I was born after de war in Alabama. Then we went to Atlanta, Georgia. Bout...
[HW: Dist 1 Ex-Slave #62] EX-SLAVE INTERVIEW: EMMALINE KILPATRICK, Age 74 Born a slave on the plantation of Judge William Watson Moore, White Plains, (Greene County) Georgia BY: SA...
ROSINA HOARD does not know just where she was born. The first thing she remembers is that she and her parents were purchased by Col. Pratt Washington, who owned a plantation near G...
HARRIET JONES, 93, was born a slave of Martin Fullbright, who owned a large plantation in North Carolina. When he died his daughter, Ellen, became Harriet's owner, and was so kind...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Unit) Martin Richardson, Field Worker Palatka, Florida January 13, 1937 LINDSEY MOORE AN EX-SLAVE WHO WAS RESOURCEFUL In a little bl...
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Martha Ann Dixon (mulatto) DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Age: 81 "I am eighty-one years old. I was born close to Saratoga, North Car...
Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. PETER CLIFTON EX-SLAVE, 89 YEARS OLD. "You want me to start wid my fust memory and touch de high spots 'til dis very day? Dat'll take a l...
JOSEPHINE HOWARD was born in slavery on the Walton plantation near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She does not know her age, but when Mr. Walton moved to Texas, before the Civil War, she was...
Texarkana District FOLKLORE SUBJECTS Name of Interviewer: Mrs. W.M. Ball Subject: Anecdotes Story: Information given by: Albert Cummins Place of Residence: Laurel St., Texarkana, A...
District: No. 2 Worker: Mary Hicks No. Words: 580 Subject: A SLAVE STORY, ANNA WRIGHT Person Interviewed: ANNA WRIGHT Editor: George L. Andrews [TR: Date stamp: AUG 17 1937] ANNA W...
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT American Guide, (Negro Writers' Unit) James Johnson, Field Worker South Jacksonville, Florida January 11, 1937 DOUGLAS DORSEY In South Jacksonville, on the...
N.C. District: No. 2 Worker: T. Pat Matthews No. Words: 1258 Subject: R.S. TAYLOR Story teller: R.S. Taylor Editor: Daisy Bailey Waitt R.S. TAYLOR 710 South McDowell Street "My nam...
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Allen Johnson 718 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 82 "I was born in Georgia about twelve miles from Cartersville, in...