Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938: Kentucky Narratives, Volume VII

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Author

United States. Work Projects Administration

Title

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives

Credits

Produced by Andrea Ball and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Produced from images provided by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

African Americans -- Kentucky -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11920

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11920

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SLAVE NARRATIVES
2. 2.A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves — TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT 1936-1938 ASSEMBLED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
3. 3.KENTUCKY NARRATIVES — Prepared by The Federal Writers' Project of The Works Progress Administration For the State of Kentucky
4. 4.INFORMANTS
5. 5.COMBINED INTERVIEWS — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) [HW: Ky 9] Interview with Dan Bogie: — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) [HW: Ky 13] Interview with George Henderson: — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) [HW: Ky 11] Aunt Harriet Mason—Ex-Slave: — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) Interview with Bert Mayfield: — Mercer County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Hazel Cinnamon) Interview with Will Oats—Ex-Slave: — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) Aunt Belle Robinson: — Monroe County. Folklore. (Lenneth Jones-242) [HW: Essay] Uncle Edd Shirley (97): Janitor at Tompkinsville Drug Co. and Hospital, Tompkinsville, Ky. — Garrard County. Ex-Slave Stories. (Eliza Ison) Interview with Ex-Slave Uncle Wes Woods: — COMBINED INTERVIEWS: Customs: By Counties Slavery: Local History and Dialect — ANDERSON CO. (Mildred Roberts) Story of Ann Gudgel (age unknown): — UNION CO. (Ruby Garten) Mrs. Heyburn: — CALLOWAY CO. (L. Cherry) Story of Uncle George Scruggs, a colored slave: — GARRARD CO. (Sue Higgins) Story of Aunt Harriet Mason age 100—a slave girl: — BOYD CO. (Carl F. Hall) Rev. John R. Cox: — WAYNE CO. (Gertrude Vogler) [Mrs. Duncan:] — DAVIES CO. (Cecelia Laswell) [Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander:] — LAUREL CO. (Perry Larkey) Amelia Jones: — Jenny McKee: — JEFFERSON CO. (Byers York) Susan Dale Sanders: — John Anderson: — Joana Owens: — [Martha J. Jones:] — FLOYD CO. (John I. Sturgill) Charlie Richmond: — OWENS CO. (John Forsee) George Dorsey: — CHRISTIAN CO. (Mamie Hanberry) Annie B. Boyd: — Kate Billingsby: — Nannie Eaves: — Mary Wright: — CLAY CO. (Pearl House) Sophia Word: — BOYD CO. (Carl F. Hall) — BELL CO. (Nelle Shumate) Mandy Gibson: — BREATHITT CO. (Margaret Bishop) As told by Scott Mitchell, a former slave: — UNION CO. (Ruby J. Girten) A Bill of Sale: — WILL—Nancy Austin: — ROCKCASTLE CO. (Robert Mullins) — CLARK CO. (Mayme Nunnelley) — MONTGOMERY CO. (Gladys Robertson) — MONROE CO. (Lenneth Jones) (Uncle) Edd Shirley: — The Story of Mrs. C. Hood: — ESTILL CO. (Evelyn McLemore) Story of Peter Bruner, a former slave: — CHRISTIAN CO. (Mamie Hanbery) [HW: Ky 3] Story of Easter Sudie Campbell, (age about 72, Webber St., Hopkinsville, Ky.) — [Story of Uncle Dick:] — Annie Morgan: — Story of Cora Torian: (217 W. 2nd St., Hopkinsville, Ky.—Age 71.) — Tale of Mary Wooldridge: (Clarksville Pike—Age about 103.) — CALDWELL CO. (Mary E. O'Malley) [HW: Ky 6] — BALLARD CO. (J.R. Wilkerson) [HW: Ky 7] [Tinie Force and Elvira Lewis:] — LAWRENCE CO. (Edna Lane Carter) — LESLIE CO. (Viola Bowling) — GARRARD CO. (Sue Higgins) — [Mrs. Jennie Slavin:] — WEBSTER CO. (J. Dunbar) — CALDWELL CO. (Mary E. O'Malley) Esther Hudspeth: — ANDERSON CO. (Mildred Roberts) — KNOX CO. (Stewart Carey) — CLARK CO. (Mayme Nunnelley) — CASEY CO. (R.L. Nesbitt) — CHRISTIAN CO. (Mamie Hanbery) — HOPKINS CO. (M. Hanberry) — MARTIN CO. (Cullen Jude)

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