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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Baker was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Baker relates stories about her parents' desires for freedom and attempts to escape from slavery. She tells about siblings she never met because they were sold away, and she expresses great love for President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dickens was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anderson was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anderson says that she was treated well as a slave. The slave children were allowed to eat with the master and family on Sundays. The slaves were well fed, well clothed, and had comfortable houses. The slave children loved and trusted their master,...

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Glenn was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Glenn gives a detailed account of how, at the age of 8 years, his master sold him away from his parents. His new master then took him to Kentucky, where his master's son taught him to read and write. After emancipation, he worked and saved his money until...

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hinton was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Hinton describes life on the plantation. He says that his master treated him well, and he talks about how he hunted, farmed, and entertained himself while a slave. He also describes his hardships at the time of the interview.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Augustus was interviewed by T. Pat Mathews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Augustus describes what it was like being a child slave. She talks about her grandmother who cared for white babies as a wet nurse, and who cared for the dead. After the Civil War Augustus was always surrounded by "white folks," and she tried to live up to...

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dowd was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Dowd talks about his life as a slave. He was afraid of Federal forces when they moved into the area at the end of the Civil War, but he did not know he was free until five years later. He also talks about his early religious instruction.

Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hall was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Hall explains that the terrible conditions slaves were forced to endure were similar to the conditions free blacks endured after emancipation. He says that "white folks are and always will be against the negro." Hall adds that any good done by the white...

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Debnam was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Most of what Debnam knew about slavery was told to him by his parents. He remembered when the Yankees came and talked about the master's son teaching him how to read.

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Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Crowder was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Crowder said that the time spent on the plantation was a happy time. He described both slave labor and recreation and talked about the Ku-Klux Klan.