Interviews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Mary A. Hicks interview with Henry Bobbitt
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230346147]
Identifier: MSS 2896
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Bobbitt 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. Bobbitt tells about working and living conditions on the plantation. The slaves were not allowed to read and write or attend church. He talks about the slave trade and marriages. He thinks Lincoln was cruel for emancipating salves and not giving them a...
Dates:
1937