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Civic Activism

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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

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Mary A. Hicks interview with Cornelia Andrews

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346113]
Identifier: MSS 2873
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Andrews was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Andrews describes the Smithfield, North Carolina, slave market and tells stories of slave beatings, both her own and of others.She also makes references to slave breeding.

Dates: 1937