Slave Narratives, Oklahoma (A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves)

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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 XIII, Oklahoma Narratives

Credits

Produced by Diane Monico and The Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.) This file is gratefully uploaded to the PG collection in honor of Distributed Proofreaders having posted over 10,000 ebooks.

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Oklahoma -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

20785

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20785

Release Date

March 8, 2007

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 — Illustrated with Photographs — WASHINGTON 1941
3. 3.OKLAHOMA NARRATIVES — Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Oklahoma
4. 4.INFORMANTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — ISAAC ADAMS Age 87 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — ALICE ALEXANDER Age 88 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — PHOEBE BANKS Age 78 Muskogee, Oklahoma. — NANCY ROGERS BEAN Age about 82 Hulbert, Okla. — PRINCE BEE Age 85 yrs. Red Bird, Okla. — LEWIS BONNER Age 87 yrs. 507 N. Durland Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — FRANCIS BRIDGES Age 73 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — JOHN BROWN Age (about) 87 yrs. West Tulsa, Okla. — SALLIE CARDER Age 83 yrs. Burwin, Okla. — BETTY FOREMAN CHESSIER Age 94 years Oklahoma City, Okla. — POLLY COLBERT Age 83 yrs. Colbert, Oklahoma — GEORGE CONRAD, JR., Age 77 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — MARTHA CUNNINGHAM (white) Age 81 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — WILLIAM CURTIS Age 93 yrs. McAlester, Oklahoma — LUCINDA DAVIS Age (about) 89 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — ANTHONY DAWSON Age 105 yrs. 1008 E. Owen St., Tulsa, Okla. — ALICE DOUGLASS Age 77 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — DOC DANIEL DOWDY Age 81 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — JOANNA DRAPER Age 83 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — MRS. ESTHER EASTER Age 85 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — ELIZA EVANS Age 87 McAlester, Okla. — LIZZIE FARMER Age 80 years McAlester, Okla. — DELLA FOUNTAIN Age 69 years McAlester, Oklahoma — NANCY GARDNER Age 79 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — OCTAVIA GEORGE Age 85 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — MARY GRAYSON Age 83 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma — ROBERT R. GRINSTEAD Age 80 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — MATTIE HARDMAN Age 78 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — ANNIE HAWKINS Age 90 Colbert, Okla — IDA HENRY Age 83 Oklahoma City, Okla. — MORRIS HILLYER Age 84 yrs. Alderson, Okla. — HAL HUTSON Age 90 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — WILLIAM HUTSON Age 98 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — MRS. ISABELLA JACKSON Age 79 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — NELLIE JOHNSON — MS. JOSIE JORDAN Age 75 yrs. 840 East King St., Tulsa, Oklahoma. — "UNCLE" GEORGE G. KING Age 83 yrs Tulsa, Oklahoma — MARTHA KING Age 85 yrs. McAlester, Oklahoma — GEORGE KYE Age 110 yrs. Fort Gibson, Okla. — BEN LAWSON Age 84 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — MARY LINDSAY Age 91 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma. — MRS. MATTIE LOGAN Age 79 yrs. Route 5, West Tulsa, Oklahoma. — KIZIAH LOVE Age 93 Colbert, Okla. — DANIEL WILLIAM LUCAS Age 94 yrs. Red Bird, Okla. — BERT LUSTER Age 85 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — STEPHEN McCRAY Age 88 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — HANNAH McFARLAND Age 85 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — MARSHALL MACK Age 83 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — ALLEN V. MANNING Age 87 Tulsa, Okla. — BOB MAYNARD, AGE 79 23 East Choctaw Weleetka, Oklahoma. — JANE MONTGOMERY Age 80 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — AMANDA OLIVER Age 80 yrs. Oklahoma City, Okla. — SALOMON OLIVER Age 78 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma. — PHYLLIS PETITE Age 83 yrs. Fort Gibson, Okla. — MATILDA POE Age 80 yrs. McAlester, Okla. — HENRY F. PYLES Age 81 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — CHANEY RICHARDSON Age 90 years Fort Gibson, Okla. — RED RICHARDSON Age 75 yrs. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — BETTY ROBERTSON Age 93 yrs. Fort Gibson, Oklahoma — HARRIET ROBINSON Age 95 yrs. 500 Block N. Fonshill Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. — KATIE ROWE Age 88 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma — MORRIS SHEPPARD Age 85 yrs. Fort Gibson, Okla. — ANDREW SIMMS Age 80 Sapulpa, Okla. — LIZA SMITH Age 91 Muskogee, Oklahoma — LOU SMITH Age 83 yrs. Platter, Okla. — JAMES SOUTHALL Age 82 years, Oklahoma City, Okla. — BEAUREGARD TENNEYSON Age 87 yrs. West Tulsa, Okla. — WILLIAM WALTERS Age 85 yrs. Tulsa, Oklahoma. — MARY FRANCES WEBB Grand daughter of Sarah Vest, aged 92, (deceased) McAlester, Okla. — EASTER WELLS Age 83 Colbert, Okla. — JOHN WHITE Age 121 years Sand Springs, Okla. — CHARLEY WILLIAMS Age 94 yrs. Tulsa, Okla. — SARAH WILSON Age 87 yrs. Fort Gibson, Okla. — TOM W. WOODS Age 83. Alderson, Okla. — ANNIE YOUNG Age 86 Oklahoma City, Okla.

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