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Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 1, Alabama, Aarons-Young

Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 1, Alabama, Aarons-Young

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Includes narratives by Abe Whitess, Abraham Jones, Adeline Hodges, Allen Brown, Allen Sims, Alonza Fantroy Toombs, Amanda Tellis, Amy Chapman, Angie Garrett, Ank Bishop, Anne Maddox, Annie Stanton, Anthony Abercrombie, Aunt Josephine, Bert Frederick, Billy Abraham Longslaughter, Callie Williams, Caroline Holland, Carrie Davis, Carrie Pollard, Charity Anderson, Charity Grigsby, Charles Hayes, Charlie Aarons, Charlie Van Dyke, Cheney Cross, Clara Davis, Cornelia Robinson, Cull Taylor, Daniel Taylor, Delia Garlic, Dellie Lewis, Eliza White, Elizabeth Thomas, Ella Dilliard, Ellen King, Ellen Thomas, Emma Chapman, Emma Crockett, Emma Jones, Emma L. Howard, Esther Green, Esther King Casey, Everett Ingram, Fannie Gibson, Frank Gill, Frank Menefee, Frank Smith, Gabe Hines, George Dillard, George Strickland, George Taylor, George Young, Georgia, Gus (Jabbo) Rogers, Gus Askew, Gus Brown, Hannah Irwin, Hannah Jones, Hattie Anne Nettles, Hattie Clayton, Henry Barnes, Henry Cheatam, Henry Garry, Heywood Ford, Hilliard Johnson, Irene Poole, Isaam Morgan, Jake Green, Jane, Jane Holloway, Janie Scott, Jennie Bowen, Jim Gillard, John Smith, Joseph Holmes, Josh Horn, Katherine Eppes, Laura Clark, Lightnin', Lilah Walker, Lindy Patton, Lizzie Hill, Lucindia Washington, Lucindy Lawrence Jurdon, Lucy Kimball, Mandy, Mandy Leslie, Mandy McCullough Cosby, Martha Bradley, Martha Jackson, Mary Ella Grandberry, Mary Rice, Matilda Pugh Daniel, Maugan Shepherd, Mingo White, Mollie Tillman, Molly (Ammonds) Ammond, Molly Parker, Nannie Bradfield, Nathan Beauchamp, Nelson Birdsong, Nicey Pugh, Oliver Bell, Randolph Johnson, Reuben Fitzpatrick, Rev. W. E. Northcross, Roxy Pitts, Rufus Dirt, Sallie Reynolds, Sally Murphy, Sara Colquitt, Silvia Witherspoon, Simon Phillips, Simon Walker, Siney Bonner, Stepney Underwood, Theodore Fontaine Stewart, Tildy Collins, Tom Baker, Tom McAlpin, Tony Morgan, Uncle Louis, Uncle Mose, Wade Owens, Wadley Clemons, Walter Calloway, William Colbert, William Henry Towns.
Interviews were conducted by Alexander B. Johnson, Alice L. Barton, Alice S. Barton, Annie D. Dean, D. Oden, Daphne L. E. Curtis, David Holt, Edward F. Harper, F.L. Diard, Francis Ludgere Diard, Francois L. Diard, Francois Ludgere Diard, G. L. Clark, Gertha Couric, Petterson Marzoni, Ila B. Prine, Ila B. Prine, Ira S. Jordan, Ira S. Jordan, J. Morgan Smith, J. R. Jones, John Morgan Smith, John Proctor Mills, Levi D. Shelby, Jr., Mabel Farrior, Lois Lynn,, Margaret Fowler, Mary A. Poole, Mildred Scott Taylor, Morgan Smith, Mrs. Preston Kline, Pigie T. Hix, Preston Klein, Preston Kline, Ruby Pickens Tartt, Susie R. O'Brien, W. F. Jordan, William B. Strickland, and Woodrow Hand.
Interviews were conducted in Allenville, Anniston, Bay Minette, Birmingham, Burleson, Carbon Hill, Eufaula, Eutaw, Evergreen, Fairhope, Gainesville, Greensboro, Livingston, Mauvilla, Mobile, Montgomery, Oak Grove, Opelika, Orchard, Prichard, Roanoke, Sheffield, Smith's Station, Tuscumbia, Uniontown, and Village Springs, Alabama.

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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1938
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North Alabama Junction
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