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The county gives him a little food and a little money** Seabe Tuttle -3"* *Yes*m, »y White folks were all good to ue» Purty good to us.* *After Peace was made though, we all jes* scattered, somevow.* 371
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SLAVE NARRATIVES A Folk History of
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INFORMANTS Quinn, Doc 1, ,5,7,8 She
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0 0---3 OP Texarkana District O k^
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#3 .:■ 3 And another time I wuz w
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,'.30893 gOUSLQHB SUBJECTS Name of
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(bOr & ^ t / - « - FOLKLORE 3IBJ3C
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I 'member one time tho* when he cha
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tr The owners was tryin 1 to hide t
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I was fifteen years old vixen we co
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»Our white folks took us to Texas
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Interviewer Miss Irene Robertson Pe
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"Mother said I had three older brot
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Interviewer Mrs* Bernice Bowden Per
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—û Ô Interviewer Mrs* Bernice B
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Mother "My mother was born a Goodma
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"One old log house there used to be
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"We were savages when we came over
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In aftermath of Beeves 1 story is f
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tell my mother. A girl I was raised
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n lity mother used to tell me how t
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"Younger generation ain f t near li
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"We chillun had nothing to do wid c
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30806 Interviewer Miss Irene Robert
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"'Ihey kept hounds* Colonel Radford
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Freedom ♦•The soldiers come and
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y herself in a house on the place*
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"The Ku Klux never pestered us* I h
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n I been farmin* all my life till I
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'l Visited by P&ther b^ ••When
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Later, it changed its name to the M
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Another teacher entered the room, N
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»|fhere was I horn, ma*am ? Why it
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T oft Robinson $ how I felt. »You
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Tom Robinson 8 gg \\ It was awful h
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i,y ) Interviewer Miss Irene Robert
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n It wouldn't do no more good to vo
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She say some nights when they campe
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He was the only one kept the box«
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50635 #680 gg Interviewer Samuel S*
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My cousin was the one had to go out
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Family "I am the mother of fifteen
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30502 80 Interviewer Miss Irene Rob
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V w ."! 80882 FOLKLORE SUBJECTS NAM
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! 30461 Interviewer Miss Irene Robe
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.50 92 Interviewer Mrs* Bernice Bow
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Interviewer Samuel S» Taylor Perso
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Her husband is dead. We had ten chi
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-2- the war. I know I must have "be
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theirselves. They didn't have "butt
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-6- Wood pressure keeps me from rem
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"My mother was a field hand in busy
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"They had a battle at Lawrence ♦
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"I never seen times like this* Sin
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from all over de country* Of course
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"After my father bought his own far
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STATE— Arkansas NAiE OF WORKER—
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■*• 11G 9c * ? him in the Missi
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J(:3i9 118 Interviewer Mary p* Hudf
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Emma Sanderson Hudglns 120 and chai
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g Emma Sanderson H^dgins 12*3 The f
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30430 .^ 124 Interviewer Mima Irene
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3. me a month with her and doctored
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.'•■ ■ :i f Tnterviewer Miss
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"I seen a whole gang of Ku KLuxes h
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Usually take about eight and ten in
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,-0487 & I'M Interviewer Miss Irene
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STATE—" Arkansas NiJS OF WORKER
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Interviewer: 1 s Comment This woman
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;.i0135 Interviewer Miss Irene Hobe
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*I ain't never been to school much*
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and set out playing* Some got in th
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Dis nigger dropped in his tracks la
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30648 #718 148 Form A - Circumstanc
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ferfc of Interview (Unedited} #718
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"She was sick only one week and the
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■#J* 30760 154 Interviewer Miss I
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fney would go to the woods if he be
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They took his horse and he finally
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during the War* Once the soldiers c
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"My master put good clothes on me*
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0 ; V/ V.X «..>■ *..*.' 166 Inte
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"I was my raama f s seventh girl, a
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30824 Interviewer. Miss lEgjne Robe
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FOLKLORE SUBJECTS JTame of Intervie
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STATS— Arkansas KA1.1E OF W03KEB
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ST-iIE—Arkansas ffAI'2 OF W0BK2B
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:ioxm 180 Interviewer Thomas Blmore
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Interviewer Pernella Anderson Perso
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They taught me to do carpenter work
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1 Bow do they live? Some of their w
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"I am told that the old fellow boug
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First Pair of Shoes "I can remember
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30813 92 Interviewer Mrs. Bernice B
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She was part Indian—^better work
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Interviewer Mrs* Beraice Bowden Per
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30780 Interviewer Samuel S» Taylor
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uilded on to the end of ito The log
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Marriage "I married in 1879* My fat
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*I went to school after the war wha
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"Papa said the Yankees made all the
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«JK>* : "~4U Interviewer Miss Iren
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Iflhat I do wid ray money I made? I
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Interviewer Mrs* Bernice Bowden Per
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Interviewer . Mrs* Bernice Bowden P
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80459 a 6 Interviewer Miss Irene Ro
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*• 30759 f Interviewer Miss Irene
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30751 • c8? Interviewer Mrs* Bern
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30467 ooo Interviewer Miss Irene Ro
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fore the darkies and turning them l
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^ 30313 Interviewer Beulah Sherwood
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There have always been separate sch
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had been accustomed to enjoy. I rem
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I do not like the trend of amusemen
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oO(>^0 #761 Interviewer Samuel S»
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k&i 938 Interviewer Miss Irene Robe
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Old man Simpson sent for my father
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My stepmother carried me over to Br
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Opinions *I can't say much along th
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Ou >uo^6 #68i 246 Interviewer Samue
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Soldiers "My father said once that
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and all the men were off that day b
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30832 Interviewer Miss Irene Bobert
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30769 ^ ' 254 u K Interviewer Miss
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'The Old Time Religion 1 is the onl
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Ihey said they might steal me* Afte
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"Old man Bullocks had about eight o
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You never saw how much cotton was g
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they would steal anything they want
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"It is so about the pigeons at Pige
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n I f ve always done farmin 1 . Tha
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"The day they fit on Stone River in
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Good Masters *The Adamses were good
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ior the Pacific Express Company und
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"Henry Powell was jailer here once.
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30K07 Interviewer Miss Irene Robert
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30508 ~° w Interviewer Miss Irene
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quit. Both them soon livin' wid som
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"I don 9 t know nuthin v f bout the
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Some woman out here in Arkansas rec
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The riding boss would come round ab
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so that everything would be ready w
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"I married the second year I came t
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Interviewer Mrs* Berniee Bowden Per
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and we never did get nothin'* USy f
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y V 30U9: Interviewer Sanaa! 8. Tay
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She would make them by hand because
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30749 A % \ Interviewer Mrs* Bernic
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0758 Interviewer Miss Irene Roberts
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I can see big changes taking place
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"My mother f s name was Susanna Bri
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and they got out and went on their
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Personal Occupations *I used to wor
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"When I was a child, patching and d
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0421 til8 Interviewer Miss Irene Ro
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Page 327 and 328: Itofcerviewer »Samael S* Ufaylor P
Page 329 and 330: Early Days n I was little nhen my m
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Page 337 and 338: \* ? People talk bout dis garablin
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Page 341 and 342: 80656 Interviewer Samuel S* Taylor
Page 343 and 344: We was from Sunday night to Sunday
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Page 353 and 354: "There was a colored man there that
Page 355 and 356: for the field. They didn't allow th
Page 357 and 358: 7 " 352 back several times and trie
Page 359 and 360: El Dorado District oUOvi4 FOLKLORE
Page 361 and 362: Unole James Tubbs. ^Û Fokes would
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Page 365 and 366: 30819 Interviewer Mrs# Bernice Bowd
Page 367 and 368: *Younger generation? Now you done a
Page 369 and 370: He was born a slave in northern Mis
Page 371 and 372: made of the same material as an old
Page 373 and 374: of Nat Turner, Dick Berry, and Milt
Page 375: Seabe Tuttle -2~ *We found us a cab
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