Federal Writers' Project
Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:
T. Pat Matthews interview with Hannah Crasson
T. Pat Matthews interview with Jerry Hinton
T. Pat Matthews interview with Joe High
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. High 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. High talks about plantation life and tells of what he saw and experienced as a slave child. He says that his master fed and clothed him well and that he was content with slavery. He talks about the Yankees and the master's wife.
T. Pat Matthews interview with John C. Bectom
T. Pat Matthews interview with Kitty Hall
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hill 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. Hill shares information related to her by her mother. His mother claimed that she was treated well except by "patterollers," and tells of the Yankees at the planatation. Hill also tells about the Ku Klux Klan.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Lizzie Baker
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.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Margaret E. Dickens
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.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Brodie Anderson
T. Pat Matthews interview with Robert Glenn
T. Pat Matthews interview with Robert Hinton
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.
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- Freedmen -- North Carolina -- Interviews 8
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