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Title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves
Kentucky Narratives

Author: Work Projects Administration

Release Date: April 6, 2004 [EBook #11920]

Language: English

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SLAVE NARRATIVES

A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with Former Slaves

TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY
THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT
1936-1938
ASSEMBLED BY
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

WASHINGTON 1941

VOLUME VII

KENTUCKY NARRATIVES

Prepared by
The Federal Writers' Project of
The Works Progress Administration
For the State of Kentucky

[TR: All county names added. Names, information in brackets added.]

INFORMANTS

Bogie, Dan

Henderson, George

Mason, Harriet
Mayfield, Bert

Oats, Will

Robinson, Belle

Shirley, Edd

Woods, Wes

COMBINED INTERVIEWS

ANDERSON CO:
Ann Gudgel

UNION CO:
Mrs. Heyburn

CALLOWAY CO:
George Scruggs

GARRARD CO:
Harriet Mason

BOYD CO:
Rev. John R. Cox

WAYNE CO:
[Mrs. Duncan]

DAVIES CO:
[Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander]

LAUREL CO:
Amelia Jones
Jenny McKee

JEFFERSON CO:
Susan Dale Sanders
John Anderson
Joana Owens
[Martha J. Jones]

FLOYD CO:
Charlie Richmond

OWENS CO:
George Dorsey

CHRISTIAN CO:
Annie B. Boyd
Kate Billingsby
Nannie Eaves
Mary Wright

CLAY CO:
Sophia Word

BOYD CO:

BELL CO:
Mandy Gibson

BREATHITT CO:
Scott Mitchell

UNION CO.
[A Bill of Sale.]
[WILL--Nancy Austin.]

ROCKCASTLE CO.

CLARK CO.

MONTGOMERY CO.

MONROE CO:
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