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Politics, Government, and Law

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Subject Source: Cclabroad

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T. Pat Matthews interview with Joe High

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346790]
Identifier: MSS 2918
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1937