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Slave Narratives Volume XVI: Texas Narratives Part 4
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 XVI
TEXAS NARRATIVES PART 4
Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of
the Works Progress Administration
for the State of Texas
[HW:] Handwritten note
[TR:] Transcriber's note
INFORMANTS
Mazique Sanco Clarissa Scales Hannah Scott Abram Sells George Selman Callie Shepherd Betty Simmons George Simmons Ben Simpson Giles Smith James W. Smith Jordon Smith Millie Ann Smith Susan Smith John Sneed Mariah Snyder Patsy Southwell Leithean Spinks Guy Stewart William Stone Yach Stringfellow Bert Strong Emma Taylor Mollie Taylor Jake Terriell J.W. Terrill Allen Thomas Bill and Ellen Thomas Lucy Thomas Philles Thomas William M. Thomas Mary Thompson Penny Thompson Albert Todd Aleck Trimble Reeves Tucker Lou Turner Irella Battle Walker John Walton Sol Walton Ella Washington Rosa Washington Sam Jones Washington William Watkins Dianah Watson Emma Watson James West Adeline White Sylvester Sostan Wickliffe Daphne Williams Horatio W. Williams Lou Williams Millie Williams Rose Williams Steve Williams Wayman Williams Willie Williams Lulu Wilson Wash Wilson Willis Winn Rube Witt Ruben Woods Willis Woodson James G. Woorling Caroline Wright Sallie Wroe Fannie Yarbrough Litt Young Louis Young Teshan Young
ILLUSTRATIONS
Mazique Sanco Clarissa Scales Abram Sells George Selman Callie Shepherd Betty Simmons George Simmons Giles Smith James W. Smith Jordon Smith Millie Ann Smith John Sneed Mariah Snyder Leithean Spinks William Stone Yach Stringfellow Bert Strong Emma Taylor Allen Thomas Bill and Ellen Thomas Lucy Thomas Philles Thomas William M. Thomas Mary Thompson Penny Thompson Albert Todd Reeves Tucker Lou Turner Sol Walton Rosa Washington Sam Jones Washington William Watkins Emma Watson James West Adeline White Daphne Williams Lou Williams Lou Williams' House Millie Williams Steve Williams Wayman Williams and Henry Freeman Willie Williams Lulu Wilson Wash Wilson Willis Winn Rube Witt Ruben Woods Willis Woodson Sallie Wroe Litt Young Louis Young Teshan Young
Mazique Sanco
Mazique Sanco was born a slave of Mrs. Louisa Green, in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 10, 1849. Shortly after Mazique was freed, he enlisted in the army and was sent with the Tenth Cavalry to San Angelo, then Fort Concho, Texas. After Mazique left the army he became well known as a chef, and worked for several large hotels. Mazique uses little dialect. When asked where Mazique is, his young wife says, "In his office," and upon inquiry as to the location of this office, she replies mirthfully, "On de river," for since he is too old to work, Mazique spends most of his time fishing.
"My mistress owned a beautiful home and three hundred twenty acres of land in the edge of Columbia, in South Carolina, just back of the state house. Her name was Mrs. Louisa Green and she was a widow lady. That's where I was born, but when her nephew, Dr. Edward Flemming, married Miss Dean, I was given to him for a wedding present, and so was my mother and her other children. I was a very small boy then, and when I was ten Dr. Flemming gave me to his crippled mother in law for a foot boy... Continue reading book >>
