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Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 16, Texas, Part 2, Easter-King

Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 16, Texas, Part 2, Easter-King

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Includes narratives by Albert Hill, Alice Houston, Anderson and Minerva Edwards, Andrew Goodman, Ann Hawthorne, Ann J. Edwards, Austin Grant, Ben Kinchlow, Betty Farrow, Bill Homer, Carter J. Johnson, Charley Hurt, Chris Franklin, Eliza Holman, Felix Haywood, Gabriel Gilbert, Gus Johnson, Harriet Jones, Harry Johnson, James D. Johnson, James Green, James Hayes, James Jackson, John Ellis, John Finnely, John James, Josephine Howard, Larnce Holt, Lewis Jones, Liza Jones, Lizzie Hughes, Lizzie Jones, Lorenza Ezell, Louis Fowler, Lucinda Elder, Maggie Jackson, Mandy Hadnot, Martin Jackson, Mary Ellen Johnson, Mary Johnson, Mary Kincheon Edwards, Mary Kindred, Mattie Gilmore, Millie Forward, Molly Harrell, Mose Hursey, Mrs. Thomas Johns, Nancy Jackson, Nancy King, O.W. Green, Orelia Alexie Franks, Pauline Grice, Pauline Johnson and Felice Boudreaux, Phoebe Henderson, Pierce Harper, Pinkie Kelly, Priscilla Gibson, Richard Jackson, Rosa Green, Rosanna Frazier, Rosina Hoard, Sam Kilgore, Sarah Ford, Scott Hooper, Silvia King, Spence Johnson, Thomas Johns, Toby Jones, Tom Holland, Wash Ingram, William Green, William Hamilton, Willis Easter.
Interviews were conducted by Fred Dibble and Rheba Beehler in Austin, Beaumont, Bronham, Cleburne, Corsicana, Dallas, Del Rio, Douglasville, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Jasper, Karnack, Madisonville, Marlin, Marshall, Pearsall, San Angelo, San Antonio, Tatum, Uvalde, Waco, Woodlawn, and Woodville, Texas

Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.From Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

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1936 - 1938
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Texas City (Tex.)
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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