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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 3   By:

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Slave Narratives

Volume XIV, South Carolina Narratives, Part 3

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 XIV

SOUTH CAROLINA NARRATIVES PART 3

Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of

the Works Progress Administration

for the State of Alabama

[HW:] Handwritten note

[TR:] Transcriber's note

INFORMANTS

Adeline Jackson

Cordelia Anderson Jackson

Agnes James

Fred James

Isiah Jeffries

Thomas Jefferson

Henry D. Jenkins

Maria Jenkins

Paul Jenkins

Emma Jeter

Adeline Hall Johnson

Anna Johnson

Jack Johnson

James Johnson

Rev. James H. Johnson

Jane Johnson

Jimmie Johnson

Mary Johnson

Miemy Johnson

Tom Johnson

Richard (Look up) Jones

Wesley Jones

Sallie Layton Keenan

Ella Kelly

Martha Kelly

Mary Jane Kelley

Gabe Lance

Ephriam (Mike) Lawrence

Ben Leitner

Mary Ann Lipscomb

Govan Littlejohn

Easter Lockhart

Gable Locklier

Walter Long

Gillam Lowden

Emma Lowran

Nellie Loyd

Amie Lumpkin

Ballam Lyles

Eison Lyles

Moses Lyles

George McAlilley

Ed McCrorey (Mack)

Richard Mack

Jake McLeod

Bill McNeil

Andy Marion

Milton Marshall

Charlie Meadow

Albert Means

Andrew Means

Jason Miller

Lucinda Miller

Cureton Milling

Abbey Mishow

Sam Mitchell

Charity Moore

Sena Moore

Silas Nelson

Susan Nelson

William Oliver

Albert Oxner

Ann Palmer

George Patterson

Sallie Paul

Lina Anne Pendergrass

Amy Perry

Rob Perry

Victoria Perry

John Petty

Sarah Poindexter

Sam Polite

William Pratt

Henry Pristell

Junius Quattlebaum

Adeline Jackson

Interview with Adeline Jackson, 88 years old W.W. Dixon, Winnsboro, S.C.

"I was born four miles southwest of where I is now, on de other side of Woodward Station. I was a slave of old Marster John Mobley, de richest man, de larges' land owner, and wid more niggers than any other white man in de county. He was de seventh son of de seventh son, so he allowed, and you knows dat's a sign of a big family, lots of cows, mules, horses, money, chillun and everything dat's worth havin'. He had a good wife too; dis de way he got her, he say. She de daughter of old Maj. Andy McLean, who got a body full of bullets in de Revolution; he didn't want Katie to marry Marster John. Marster John git on a mule and ride up in de night. Miss Katie runned out, jump up behin' him, run away and marry Marster John. They had de same birthday, March 27th, but Marster John two years older than Miss Katie. Dat day was looked to, same as Christmas, every year dat come. Big times then, I tell you!

"My mistress had long hair, techin' de floor and could dance, so Marster John said, wid a glass of water on top of her head... Continue reading book >>


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