Federal Writers' Project
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Sarah Louise Augustus
T. Pat Matthews interview with Thomas Hall
T. Pat Matthews interview with W. Solomon Debnam
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.
T. Pat Matthews interview with Zeb Crowder
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.
Oral history interview with Martha Bryant Allen
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Allen was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks on June 7, 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Allen talks about her mixed-ethnic background, how hard the slave women had to work, the "carpet gitters" who pursued slave women, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Daisy Whaley interview with Cy Hart
Daisy Whaley interview with Lindsey Faucette
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Faucette was interviewed by Daisy Whaley in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Faucette said his master and mistress treated him well and never whipped or sold him. He added that the Confederate Army did more damage to the plantation than did the Union. After the Civil War, the master let his father use a plot of land for a year.
Nancy Woodburn-Watkins interview with Charles Lee Dalton
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dalton was interviewed by Nancy Woodburn-Watkins in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Dalton spoke of life on the plantation where he was a slave. He also told about his and his master's families.
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