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Title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Mississippi Narratives
Author: Work Projects Administration
Release Date: April 15, 2004 [EBook #12055]
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
Illustrated with Photographs
WASHINGTON 1941
VOLUME IX
MISSISSIPPI NARRATIVES
Prepared by
the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration
for the State of Mississippi
INFORMANTS
Allen, Jim
Baker, Anna
Cameron, John
Clark, Gus
Cornelius, James
Davenport, Charlie
Emanuel, Gabe
Franks, Dora
Franks, Pet
Henry, Nettie
Hodges, Fanny Smith
Holliday, Wayne
Johnson, Prince
Kennedy, Hamp
Lucas, James
McAllum, Sam
Moses, Charlie
Necaise, Henri
Singleton, Rev. James
Smith, Berry
Snow, Susan
Stier, Isaac
Sutton, Jane
Williams, Mollie
Wilson, Tom
Young, Clara C.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Mollie Williams
Tom Wilson
[TR: Footnotes have been moved to appear within the text.]
[TR: Informant names and locations that appear in brackets
have been drawn from interviews.]
Mississippi Federal Writers
Slave Autobiographies
Jim Allen, Clay Co.
FEC
Mrs. Ed Joiner
[JIM ALLEN
West Point, Mississippi]
Jim Allen, West Point, age 87, lives in a shack furnished by the city.
With him lives his second wife, a much ol
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