Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery by Various 2A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former SlavesTYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT 1936-1938ASSEMBLED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATIONFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSIllustrated with PhotographsWASHINGTON 1941[Transcriber's Note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected. In some instances Transcriber's notes (TR)are included with each individual interview, as well as some Handwritten Notes (HW) from the original weremaintained but as notation only. In addition, punctuation and formatting have been made consistent,particularly the use of quotation marks. Added two lines to list of illustrations missing from original.]VOLUME XINORTH CAROLINA NARRATIVESPART IPrepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North CarolinaINFORMANTSAdams, Louisa 1 Adkins, Ida 8 Allen, Martha 13 Anderson, Joseph 16 Anderson, Mary 19 Andrews, Cornelia27 Anngady, Mary 32 Arrington, Jane 44 Augustus, Sarah Louis 50 Austin, Charity 58Baker, Blount 63 Baker, Lizzie 66 Baker, Viney 70 Barbour, Charlie 73 Barbour, Mary 78 Baugh, Alice 82Beckwith, John 87 Bectom, John C. 91 Bell, Laura 99 Blalock, Emma 103 Blount, David 110 Bobbit, Clay117 Bobbitt, Henry 120 Bogan, Herndon 125 Boone, Andrew 130 Bost, W. L. 138 Bowe, Mary Wallace 147Brown, Lucy 152 Burnett, Midge 155Cannady, Fanny 159 Cofer, Betty 165 Coggin, John 176 Coverson, Mandy 179 Cozart, Willie 182 Crasson,Hannah 187 Crenshaw, Julia 194 Crowder, Zeb 196 Crump, Adeline 203 Crump, Bill 207 Crump, Charlie 212Curtis, Mattie 216Dalton, Charles Lee 223 Daniels, John 229 Daves, Harriet Ann 232 Davis, Jerry 237 Debnam, W. S. 241Debro, Sarah 247 Dickens, Charles W. 254 Dickens, Margaret E. 259 Dowd, Rev. Squire 263 Dunn, Fannie270 Dunn, Jennylin 275 Dunn, Lucy Ann 278 Durham, Tempie Herndon 284Eatman, George 291 Edwards, Doc 295 Evans, John 298Faucette, Lindsey 302 Flagg, Ora M. 307 Foster, Analiza 311 Foster, Georgianna 314 Freeman, Frank 318Gill, Addy 323 Glenn, Robert 328 Green, Sarah Anne 340 Griffeth, Dorcas 346 Gudger, Sarah 350Hall, Thomas 359 Hamilton, Hecter 363 Harris, George W. 370 Harris, Sarah 375 Hart, Cy 379 Haywood,Alonzo 382 Haywood, Barbara 385 Henderson, Isabell 389 Henry, Essex 393 Henry, Milly 399 Hews,Chaney 405 High, Joe 409 High, Susan 417 Hill, Kitty 422 Hinton, Jerry 427 Hinton, Martha Adeline 433Hinton, Robert 436 Hinton, William George 441 Hodges, Eustace 446 Huggins, Alex 449 Hunter, Charlie H.453 Hunter, Elbert 457