Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project

Descriptive Summary
Title: Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
Creator: Georgia Writers' Project
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1939
Language(s): English
Extent: 2 Linear Feet 4 boxes
Collection Number: ms916
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of interviews organized by Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project, with women and men born into slavery. Transcripts, dated 1936-1939, are in multiple formats, and mostly contain name of person interviewed, date of interview (or date of interview submission), date of birth, and name of research worker, editor or author. Interviews recount experiences of being enslaved, and are full of anecdotes, folklore, and authentic history. The collection also contains information concerning the organization and design of the original interview structure.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, ms916, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding aid prepared on: 2019.

General Notes

Interviews have been published and are available at Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Information concerning the organization and design of the original interview structure, undated

 

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Miscellaneous, 1936-1939

 

1

3

Rachel Adams , undated

 

1

4

Priscilla Albright, 1936

 

1

5

Washington Allen, 1936

 

1

6

W. B. Allen, 1937

 

1

7

Caroline Ates,, 1936

 

1

8

Jack Atkinson, 1936

 

1

9

Hannah Hall Austin, 1937

 

1

10

Celestia Avery , undated

 

1

11

Georgia Baker, 1938

 

1

12

Alice Caldwell Battle, 1936

 

1

13

Jasper Battle, 1938

 

1

14

Willis Benefield , undated

 

1

15

Harriette Benton, 1937

 

1

16

Harriet Benton , 1936

 

1

17

Thomas Greene "Blind Tom" Bethune, , undated

 

1

18

Arrie Sybert Gullatt Binns , undated

 

1

19

Sallie Blakely, 1937

 

1

20

Henry Bland, undated

 

1

21

Rias Body, 1936

 

1

22

James Bolton,, 1937

 

1

23

Alec Bostwick, 1938

 

1

24

Nancy Boudry, 1937

 

1

25

Tillman Bradshaw, 1936

 

1

26

Della Briscoe, 1937

 

1

27

George Brooks, 1936

 

1

28

Easter Brown, undated

 

1

29

George Washington Browning , 1937

 

1

30

Andrew Bryan , 1938

 

1

31

Julia Bunch, undated

 

1

32

R. F. Burch,, 1937

 

1

33

Augustus Burden, undated

 

1

34

Marshal Butler , undated

 

1

35

Sarah Byrd , undated

 

1

36

Mariah Calloway, undated

 

1

37

Ellen Campbell, undated

 

1

38

Mary Carpenter, 1936

 

1

39

George Carter, undated

 

1

40

Susan Castle , undated

 

1

41

George Caulton, 1936

 

1

42

Cicely Cawthon, 1937

 

1

43

Callie Chatman, 1936

 

1

44

Mary Childs, 1939

 

1

45

Ellen Claibourn, undated

 

1

46

Berry Clay, undated

 

1

47

Pierce Cody , undated

 

1

48

Willis Cofer, 1938

 

1

49

Emma Coker , undated

 

1

50

Mary Colbert, undated

 

1

51

John Cole, undated

 

1

52

Julia Cole , undated

 

1

53

Fannie Cawthon Coleman, 1937

 

1

54

Authur Colson, 1936

 

1

55

Kizzie Colquitt, 1938

 

1

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Sara Crocker, 1936

 

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Austin Dabney , undated

 

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Minnie Davis, 1938

 

2

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Mose Davis, 1937

 

2

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Ike Derricotte, 1938

 

2

5

Benny Dillard , 1938

 

2

6

Amelia Dorsey, undated

 

2

7

George Eason, undated

 

2

8

Callie Elder, undated

 

2

9

Martha Everette, 1937

 

2

10

Lewis Favor, 1937

 

2

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Mary Ferguson, 1936

 

2

12

Randall Flagg, 1936

 

2

13

Lula Flannigan, undated

 

2

14

Fannie Fulcher, undated

 

2

15

Anderson Furr, undated

 

2

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Leah Garrett, undated

 

2

17

Fannie Gibon, 1936

 

2

18

Mary Gladdy, 1936

 

2

19

Julia Glover, undated

 

2

20

Anna Grant, 1937

 

2

21

Sarah Gray, 1937

 

2

22

Alice Green, undated

 

2

23

Isiah Green, 1937

 

2

24

Margaret Green, undated

 

2

25

Minnie Green, 1936

 

2

26

Wheeler Gresham, undated

 

2

27

Abner Griffin, 1937

 

2

28

David Gullins, undated

 

2

29

Heard Griffin, 1937

 

2

30

Milton Hammond, 1937

 

2

31

Jane Smith Hill Harmon, undated

 

2

32

Dosia Harris, undated

 

2

33

Henderson Harris, 1936

 

2

34

John Harris, 1939

 

2

35

Shang Harris, 1936

 

2

36

Squire Harris, 1937

 

2

37

Ethel Harrison, 1936

 

2

38

Tom Hawkins, undated

 

2

39

Ella Hawkins, 1936

 

2

40

Bill Heard, 1938

 

2

41

Emmaline Heard, 1937

 

2

42

Robert Heard, 1936

 

2

43

Benjamine Henderson, 1937

 

2

44

Jefferson Franklin Henry, 1938

 

2

45

Robert Henry, undated

 

2

46

Mary Hodge, undated

 

2

47

Laura Hood, 1936

 

2

48

Charlie Hudson, undated

 

2

49

Carrie Hudson, 1938

 

2

50

Annie Huff, 1937

 

2

51

Bryant Huff, 1937

 

2

52

Easter Huff, undated

 

2

53

Fannie Hughes, undated

 

2

54

Bettie Hunt, 1936

 

2

55

John Hill, 1939

 

2

56

Lina Hunter, 1938

 

2

57

Emma Hurley, undated

 

2

58

Alice Hutcheson, undated

 

2

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Cassie Hutchinson, 1936

 

2

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Jemima Hutchinson, undated

 

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Amanda Jackson, 1937

 

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Camilla Jackson, undated

 

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Easter Jackson, 1936

 

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Snovey Jackson, undated

 

3

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Mahala Jewel, 1938

 

3

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Addie Johnson, 1936

 

3

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Benjamin Johnson, 1937

 

3

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Ella Johnson, undated

 

3

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Georgia Johnson, undated

 

3

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Manuel Johnson, undated

 

3

11

Susie Johnson, 1936

 

3

12

Easter Jones, undated

 

3

13

Estella Jones, undated

 

3

14

Fannie Jones, 1938

 

3

15

Rastus Jones, 1936

 

3

16

Jennie Kendricks, 1936

 

3

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Emmaline Kilpatrick, undated

 

3

18

Frances Kimbrough, 1936

 

3

19

Robert "Uncle Bob" Kimbrough, 1936

 

3

20

Charlie King, 1936

 

3

21

Nicey Kinney, 1938

 

3

22

John King , undated

 

3

23

Mollie Kinsey, 1939

 

3

24

Julia Larken, undated

 

3

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George Lewis, 1937

 

3

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William Lewis and Bettie Lewis, 1936

 

3

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Joe McCormick, 1936

 

3

28

Rachel McCoy, 1937

 

3

29

Ed McCree, undated

 

3

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Lucy McCullough, undated

 

3

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Amanda McDaniel, undated

 

3

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Tom McGruder, undated

 

3

33

Susan McIntosh, 1938

 

3

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Matilda McKinney , 1937

 

3

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William McWhorter, 1938

 

3

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Caroline Malloy, undated

 

3

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Mollie Malone, 1936

 

3

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Ed Marshall and Polly Marshall, undated

 

3

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Carrie Mason, 1937

 

3

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Susan Mathews, undated

 

3

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Tom Matthews, undated

 

3

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Emily Mays, 1936

 

3

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William Mead, undated

 

3

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Liza Mention, 1938

 

3

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Annette Milledge, undated

 

3

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Aunt Harriet Miller, 1937

 

3

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Julia Milton, 1936

 

3

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Malinda Mitchell, undated

 

3

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Mollie Mitchell, 1936

 

3

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Elsie Moreland, 1936

 

3

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Bob Mobley, undated

 

3

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Hannah Murphy, undated

 

3

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Matilda Mumford, undated

 

3

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Nettie Myles, 1936

 

3

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Sara Nance, 1936

 

3

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Fanny Nix, undated

 

3

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Henry Nix, 1936

 

3

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Lewis Ogletree, 1936

 

3

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Richard Orford, 1937

 

3

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George Owen, undated

 

3

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Anna Parkes, undated

 

3

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G. W. Patillo, 1937

 

3

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Anna Peek, 1936

 

3

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Celeste Pitts, 1936

 

3

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Alec Pope, 1938

 

3

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Jim Powell, 1936

 

3

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Georgia Anne Prather, 1936

 

3

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Annie Price, 1937

 

3

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Beverly Pullin, undated

 

3

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Charlie Pye, undated

 

3

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Lula Pyron, 1936

 

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Charlotte Raines, undated

 

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Lillian Ramsay, 1936

 

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Fanny Randolph, undated

 

4

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John Rawls, 1936

 

4

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Easter Reed, 1936

 

4

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Bill Reese, 1939

 

4

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Shade Richards, 1936

 

4

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Fanny Roberts, 1937

 

4

9

Melvina Roberts, 1939

 

4

10

Ferebe Rogers, 1936

 

4

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Henry Rogers, undated

 

4

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John Rogers, 1936

 

4

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Julia Rush, undated

 

4

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Janie Satterwhite, undated

 

4

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Nancy Settles, undated

 

4

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Partheny Shaw, 1937

 

4

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Will Sheets, undated

 

4

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Cora Shepherd, 1937

 

4

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Robert Shepherd, 1938

 

4

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Tom Singleton, undated

 

4

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Charlie Tye Smith, 1936

 

4

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Eugene Wesley Smith, undated

 

4

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Maria Smith, undated

 

4

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Mary Smith, undated

 

4

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Melvin Smith, 1937

 

4

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Nancy Smith, undated

 

4

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Nellie Smith, 1938

 

4

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Paul Smith, undated

 

4

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Lydia Calhoun Starks, 1937

 

4

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Emeline Stepney, undated

 

4

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Ma Stevens, undated

 

4

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Laura Stewart, undated

 

4

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Emmaline Sturgis, 1937

 

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Ella Stinson, 1937

 

4

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Amanda Styles, 1937

 

4

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Rachel Sullivan, undated

 

4

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Annie Talley (slave owner), undated

 

4

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William Taylor, 1936

 

4

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Georgia Telfair, undated

 

4

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Cordelia Thomas, 1938

 

4

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Ike Thomas, 1936

 

4

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Kate Thomas, 1936

 

4

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Tim Thornton, undated

 

4

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Jane Mickens Toombs, undated

 

4

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Phil Towns, undated

 

4

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Joe Vaughn, 1937

 

4

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John F. Van Hook, undated

 

4

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Addie Vinson, 1938

 

4

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Emma Virgel, undated

 

4

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Sarah Virgil, 1937

 

4

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Rhodus Walton, undated

 

4

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Willie Ward, 1937

 

4

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Lula Washington, 1937

 

4

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John Watts, 1936

 

4

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Peter Wells, 1936

 

4

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Green Wilbanks, 1938

 

4

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Frances Willingham, 1938

 

4

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Maggie Williams, undated

 

4

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Olin Williams, 1938

 

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Eliza Williamson, undated

 

4

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Adeline Willis, undated

 

4

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Cornelia Winfield, undated

 

4

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George Womble, 1937

 

4

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Joe Wooten, 1936

 

4

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Ella Wright, 1936

 

4

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Susannah Wyman, undated

 

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Dink Walton Young, 1936