Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3
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SLAVE NARRATIVES A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
INFORMANTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
— — 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Gadson Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 67
#771
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dr. D. B. Gaines 1720 Izard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75
Opinions
Interviewer’s Comment
Opinions
Interviewer’s Comment
#648
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Gaines Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1872
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Gant Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 101
JAN 14 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mike Genes Holly Grove, Ark. Age: 72
#653
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Jennie Wormly Gibson Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 49
#728
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: James Gill R.F.D. Marvell, Arkansas Age: 86 Occupation: Farmer
Interviewer: Beulah Sherwood Hagg Person interviewed: Mrs. Cora Gillam 1023 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 86 [Scratching Pacified Master.]
— 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: J. N. Gillespie 1112 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75
Occupation of Forefathers
Patrollers
Subject’s Occupation
Slave Houses
Right After the War
Choked on Watermelon Seeds
Leaving Galveston
Interviewer’s Comment
Occupation of Forefathers
Patrollers
Subject’s Occupation
Slave Houses
Right After the War
Choked on Watermelon Seeds
Leaving Galveston
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Will Glass 715 W. Eighth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 50 Occupation: All phases of paving work [Bit Dog’s Foot Off]
Whippings
Picnics
Whitecaps
Worship
Slave Sales
Opinions
Whippings
Picnics
Whitecaps
Worship
Slave Sales
Opinions
— 13 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Frank William Glenn Des Arc, Arkansas Age: 73
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ella Glespie Brassfield, Arkansas Age: 71
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Joe Golden Age: 86 Home: 722 Gulpha Street, Hot Springs, Ark.
Interviewer’s note:
Interviewer’s note:
FOOTNOTES:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Jake Goodridge Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 97? 87 is about correct Born August 4, 1857
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: John Goodson (Goodrum) Des Arc, Arkansas Age: Born in 1865
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: George Govan Russellville, Arkansas Age: 52
#712
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Julia Grace 819 N. Spruce Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 75
— 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Charles Graham 616 W. 27th Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 79 [Freed in ’63]
Patrollers
Amusements
Occupations
Right after the War
Little Rock
Opinions
Patrollers
Amusements
Occupations
Right after the War
Little Rock
Opinions
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: James Graham 408 Maple Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75 [“Free Negroes”]
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Marthala Grant 2203 E. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 77
#731
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Wesley Graves 817 Hickory Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 70 [Father Taught Night School]
Ku Klux
Ku Klux
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ambus Gray R.F.D. #1. Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Green Gray R.F.D. #1 Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 70—73?
#666
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Neely Gray 818 E. Fifteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 87
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Nely Gray 821 E. 18th Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 84 Occupation: Does a little quilting
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: “Happy Day” Green Near Barton and Helena, Arkansas Age: Grown during the Civil War
#774
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: Henry Green Barton, Arkansas Age: 90
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Frank Greene 2313 Saracen Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: George Greene Temporary—1700 Pulaski St., Little Rock, Ark. Permanent—Wrightsville, Ark. Age: 85?
Birth and Age
Parents and Relatives
House and Furniture
Work of Family in Slave Time
Good Master
Work
Share cropping
How Freedom Came
Ku Klux Klan
Occupations Followed and Life Since Freedom
Birth and Age
Parents and Relatives
House and Furniture
Work of Family in Slave Time
Good Master
Work
Share cropping
How Freedom Came
Ku Klux Klan
Occupations Followed and Life Since Freedom
DEC — 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Andrew Gregory Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 74
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Annie Griegg Madison, Arkansas Age: 84
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Persons interviewed: William and Charlotte Guess West Memphis, Arkansas Ages: 68 and 66
William Guess
Charlotte Guess
INTERVIEWER’S NOTE
William Guess
Charlotte Guess
INTERVIEWER’S NOTE
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lee Guidon Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 89
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Linley Hadley Madison, Arkansas Age: 77
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Anna Hall (mulatto) Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 68
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ellie Hamilton (male) Clarendon, Arkansas Age:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Josephine Hamilton Hazen, Arkansas Age: 77
— — 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Gadson Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 67
#771
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dr. D. B. Gaines 1720 Izard Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75
Opinions
Interviewer’s Comment
Opinions
Interviewer’s Comment
#648
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mary Gaines Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1872
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Gant Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 101
JAN 14 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Mike Genes Holly Grove, Ark. Age: 72
#653
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Jennie Wormly Gibson Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 49
#728
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: James Gill R.F.D. Marvell, Arkansas Age: 86 Occupation: Farmer
Interviewer: Beulah Sherwood Hagg Person interviewed: Mrs. Cora Gillam 1023 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 86 [Scratching Pacified Master.]
— 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: J. N. Gillespie 1112 Park Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75
Occupation of Forefathers
Patrollers
Subject’s Occupation
Slave Houses
Right After the War
Choked on Watermelon Seeds
Leaving Galveston
Interviewer’s Comment
Occupation of Forefathers
Patrollers
Subject’s Occupation
Slave Houses
Right After the War
Choked on Watermelon Seeds
Leaving Galveston
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Will Glass 715 W. Eighth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 50 Occupation: All phases of paving work [Bit Dog’s Foot Off]
Whippings
Picnics
Whitecaps
Worship
Slave Sales
Opinions
Whippings
Picnics
Whitecaps
Worship
Slave Sales
Opinions
— 13 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Frank William Glenn Des Arc, Arkansas Age: 73
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ella Glespie Brassfield, Arkansas Age: 71
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Joe Golden Age: 86 Home: 722 Gulpha Street, Hot Springs, Ark.
Interviewer’s note:
Interviewer’s note:
FOOTNOTES:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Jake Goodridge Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 97? 87 is about correct Born August 4, 1857
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: John Goodson (Goodrum) Des Arc, Arkansas Age: Born in 1865
Interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: George Govan Russellville, Arkansas Age: 52
#712
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Julia Grace 819 N. Spruce Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 75
— 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Charles Graham 616 W. 27th Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 79 [Freed in ’63]
Patrollers
Amusements
Occupations
Right after the War
Little Rock
Opinions
Patrollers
Amusements
Occupations
Right after the War
Little Rock
Opinions
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: James Graham 408 Maple Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 75 [“Free Negroes”]
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Marthala Grant 2203 E. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 77
#731
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Wesley Graves 817 Hickory Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 70 [Father Taught Night School]
Ku Klux
Ku Klux
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ambus Gray R.F.D. #1. Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Green Gray R.F.D. #1 Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 70—73?
#666
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Neely Gray 818 E. Fifteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 87
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Nely Gray 821 E. 18th Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 84 Occupation: Does a little quilting
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: “Happy Day” Green Near Barton and Helena, Arkansas Age: Grown during the Civil War
#774
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person interviewed: Henry Green Barton, Arkansas Age: 90
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Frank Greene 2313 Saracen Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: George Greene Temporary—1700 Pulaski St., Little Rock, Ark. Permanent—Wrightsville, Ark. Age: 85?
Birth and Age
Parents and Relatives
House and Furniture
Work of Family in Slave Time
Good Master
Work
Share cropping
How Freedom Came
Ku Klux Klan
Occupations Followed and Life Since Freedom
Birth and Age
Parents and Relatives
House and Furniture
Work of Family in Slave Time
Good Master
Work
Share cropping
How Freedom Came
Ku Klux Klan
Occupations Followed and Life Since Freedom
DEC — 1937 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Andrew Gregory Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 74
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Annie Griegg Madison, Arkansas Age: 84
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Persons interviewed: William and Charlotte Guess West Memphis, Arkansas Ages: 68 and 66
William Guess
Charlotte Guess
INTERVIEWER’S NOTE
William Guess
Charlotte Guess
INTERVIEWER’S NOTE
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lee Guidon Clarendon, Arkansas Age: 89
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Linley Hadley Madison, Arkansas Age: 77
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Anna Hall (mulatto) Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 68
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Ellie Hamilton (male) Clarendon, Arkansas Age:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Josephine Hamilton Hazen, Arkansas Age: 77
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Little Rock District
Arkansas Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: HERBS—CURES & REMEDIES, ETC. Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Little Rock District
Arkansas Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: HERBS—CURES & REMEDIES, ETC. Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Pine Bluff District
Name of Interviewer: Martin—Pettigrew Subject: Negro Customs Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lawrence Hampton R.F.D., Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 78
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Hannah Hancock Biscoe, Arkansas? Age: Past 80
Pine Bluff District
Name of Interviewer: Martin—Pettigrew Subject: Negro Customs Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lawrence Hampton R.F.D., Forrest City, Arkansas Age: 78
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Hannah Hancock Biscoe, Arkansas? Age: Past 80
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Little Rock District
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: Spells—Voodoo— Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Julia E. Haney 1320 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 78
Good Masters
Family
Separation of Parents
Patrollers
Jayhawkers
Really Scared to Death
Mother’s Work
Schooling
How Freedom Came
House, Furniture, and Food
Further Details about Schooling
Later Life
Interviewer’s Comment
Good Masters
Family
Separation of Parents
Patrollers
Jayhawkers
Really Scared to Death
Mother’s Work
Schooling
How Freedom Came
House, Furniture, and Food
Further Details about Schooling
Later Life
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Pernella M. Anderson Person interviewed: Rachel Hankins El Dorado, Arkansas Age: 88
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Hardridge 1501 West Barraque St., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 85
#748
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Hardrige 1501 W. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 79
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Person Interviewed: O. C. Hardy El Dorado, Ark. Age: 69
#658
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Rosa Hardy Biscoe, Arkansas Age: ?
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Ida Harper 819 West Pullen Street; Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 93
Little Rock District
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: Spells—Voodoo— Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Julia E. Haney 1320 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 78
Good Masters
Family
Separation of Parents
Patrollers
Jayhawkers
Really Scared to Death
Mother’s Work
Schooling
How Freedom Came
House, Furniture, and Food
Further Details about Schooling
Later Life
Interviewer’s Comment
Good Masters
Family
Separation of Parents
Patrollers
Jayhawkers
Really Scared to Death
Mother’s Work
Schooling
How Freedom Came
House, Furniture, and Food
Further Details about Schooling
Later Life
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Pernella M. Anderson Person interviewed: Rachel Hankins El Dorado, Arkansas Age: 88
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Hardridge 1501 West Barraque St., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 85
#748
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Jane Hardrige 1501 W. Barraque, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 79
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Person Interviewed: O. C. Hardy El Dorado, Ark. Age: 69
#658
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Rosa Hardy Biscoe, Arkansas Age: ?
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Ida Harper 819 West Pullen Street; Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 93
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Signs and Superstitions Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Signs and Superstitions Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Games of Pre-War Days Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
#776
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person Interviewed: Abram Harris Marvell, Arkansas, (6 miles west) Age: 93
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Betty Harris Brinkley, Arkansas Age: About 45 or 50?
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Harris 713 N. Plum Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82
DEC 21 1937 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Rachel Harris 816½ E. Fifth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 90
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Games of Pre-War Days Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
#776
Interviewer: Watt McKinney Person Interviewed: Abram Harris Marvell, Arkansas, (6 miles west) Age: 93
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Betty Harris Brinkley, Arkansas Age: About 45 or 50?
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Mary Harris 713 N. Plum Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82
DEC 21 1937 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Rachel Harris 816½ E. Fifth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 90
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Little Rock District
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: TALES, Superstitions and Charms Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: William Harris DeValls Bluff, Ark. Age: 75 or 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William H. Harrison Forrest City, Arkansas Age: Over 100
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Laura Hart Eleventh & Orange St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
#715
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hatty Haskell 1416 W. Pullen, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
#786
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Matilda Hatchett 424 W. Twenty-Fifth Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 98 and 100
Dresses
Houses
Soldiers
Schooling
Father’s Children Freed Before Emancipation
Wants to See Her People
Age
Occupation
Dresses
Houses
Soldiers
Schooling
Father’s Children Freed Before Emancipation
Wants to See Her People
Age
Occupation
#657
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: John G. Hawkens Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 71
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
#656
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lizzie Hawkens Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 65
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Becky Hawkins 717 Louisiana Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 75
#733
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: G. W. Hawkins 1114 Appianway, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 73
Living Conditions during and Immediately after Slavery
Furniture
Stoves
Food in General (Slaves)
Clothes
Patrollers
Ku Klux Influence on Negroes
Slave Breeding
Slave Tasks and Hours of Work
Wages just after Freedom
This Matter of Slave Clothes Again
Slave Schooling
How Freedom Came
First Crop after Freedom
Opinions
Living Conditions during and Immediately after Slavery
Furniture
Stoves
Food in General (Slaves)
Clothes
Patrollers
Ku Klux Influence on Negroes
Slave Breeding
Slave Tasks and Hours of Work
Wages just after Freedom
This Matter of Slave Clothes Again
Slave Schooling
How Freedom Came
First Crop after Freedom
Opinions
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Eliza Hays 2215 W. Twentieth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 77 or more
Occupation
Slave Houses
Mean Masters
Marriage
Amusement and Recreation
Breeders
Ku Klux, Patrollers, Robbers
Opinions
Support and Later life
Occupation
Slave Houses
Mean Masters
Marriage
Amusement and Recreation
Breeders
Ku Klux, Patrollers, Robbers
Opinions
Support and Later life
— 1- 1937 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Tom Haynes 1110 W. Second Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age:
#782
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Joe Haywood 2207 West Eleventh Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 76
#737
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Marie E. Hervey 1520 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 62
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Phillis Hicks Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 71
Little Rock District
Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: TALES, Superstitions and Charms Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: William Harris DeValls Bluff, Ark. Age: 75 or 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William H. Harrison Forrest City, Arkansas Age: Over 100
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Laura Hart Eleventh & Orange St., Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
#715
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hatty Haskell 1416 W. Pullen, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
#786
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Matilda Hatchett 424 W. Twenty-Fifth Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 98 and 100
Dresses
Houses
Soldiers
Schooling
Father’s Children Freed Before Emancipation
Wants to See Her People
Age
Occupation
Dresses
Houses
Soldiers
Schooling
Father’s Children Freed Before Emancipation
Wants to See Her People
Age
Occupation
#657
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: John G. Hawkens Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 71
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
#656
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Lizzie Hawkens Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 65
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Becky Hawkins 717 Louisiana Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 75
#733
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: G. W. Hawkins 1114 Appianway, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 73
Living Conditions during and Immediately after Slavery
Furniture
Stoves
Food in General (Slaves)
Clothes
Patrollers
Ku Klux Influence on Negroes
Slave Breeding
Slave Tasks and Hours of Work
Wages just after Freedom
This Matter of Slave Clothes Again
Slave Schooling
How Freedom Came
First Crop after Freedom
Opinions
Living Conditions during and Immediately after Slavery
Furniture
Stoves
Food in General (Slaves)
Clothes
Patrollers
Ku Klux Influence on Negroes
Slave Breeding
Slave Tasks and Hours of Work
Wages just after Freedom
This Matter of Slave Clothes Again
Slave Schooling
How Freedom Came
First Crop after Freedom
Opinions
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Eliza Hays 2215 W. Twentieth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 77 or more
Occupation
Slave Houses
Mean Masters
Marriage
Amusement and Recreation
Breeders
Ku Klux, Patrollers, Robbers
Opinions
Support and Later life
Occupation
Slave Houses
Mean Masters
Marriage
Amusement and Recreation
Breeders
Ku Klux, Patrollers, Robbers
Opinions
Support and Later life
— 1- 1937 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Tom Haynes 1110 W. Second Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age:
#782
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person Interviewed: Joe Haywood 2207 West Eleventh Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 76
#737
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Marie E. Hervey 1520 Pulaski Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 62
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Phillis Hicks Edmondson, Arkansas Age: 71
EX-SLAVES
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Hicks, Will
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Bert Higgins 611 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 88
#790 FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
#790 FORM B
Personal History of Informant
#790 FORM C
Text of Interview (Unedited)
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Clark Hill 715 E. 17th Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82
#665
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Clark Hill 818 E. Fifteenth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 84
Interviewer: Pernella Anderson Hicks, Will
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Bert Higgins 611 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 88
#790 FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
#790 FORM B
Personal History of Informant
#790 FORM C
Text of Interview (Unedited)
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Clark Hill 715 E. 17th Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 82
#665
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Clark Hill 818 E. Fifteenth Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 84
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
#665
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Humorous Story Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
#665
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Humorous Story Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
#665
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Superstitions Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Elmira Hill 1220 North Willow Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 97
#787
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Gillie Hill 813 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 45
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Harriett Hill Forrest City, Ark. (Visiting at Brinkley, Ark.) Age: 84
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hattie Hill Route 2, Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
OCT 18 19— Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Oliver Hill 1101 Kentucky Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 94
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Rebecca Brown Hill Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 78
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Tanny Hill Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 56? No record of age
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Elizabeth Hines 1117 W. Fourteenth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 70
House, Furniture and Food
Opinions
House, Furniture and Food
Opinions
#665
Name of interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Subject: Superstitions Story—Information (If not enough space on this page, add page)
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Elmira Hill 1220 North Willow Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 97
#787
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Gillie Hill 813 Arch Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: About 45
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Harriett Hill Forrest City, Ark. (Visiting at Brinkley, Ark.) Age: 84
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Hattie Hill Route 2, Main Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 85
OCT 18 19— Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Oliver Hill 1101 Kentucky Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 94
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Rebecca Brown Hill Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 78
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Tanny Hill Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 56? No record of age
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer’s Comment
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Elizabeth Hines 1117 W. Fourteenth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 70
House, Furniture and Food
Opinions
House, Furniture and Food
Opinions
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Pine Bluff District
Name of interviewer: Martin—Barker Subject: Ex-Slave Story:
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden. Person interviewed: Charlie Hinton (c) Age: 89 Home: Old River Road—Pine Bluff, Ark.
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Ben Hite 1515 Ohio Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 74
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Betty Hodge Hazen, Ark. Age: 63
#647
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Minnie Hollomon R.F.D., Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 75
Pine Bluff District
Name of interviewer: Martin—Barker Subject: Ex-Slave Story:
Interviewer: Bernice Bowden. Person interviewed: Charlie Hinton (c) Age: 89 Home: Old River Road—Pine Bluff, Ark.
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Ben Hite 1515 Ohio Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 74
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Betty Hodge Hazen, Ark. Age: 63
#647
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Minnie Hollomon R.F.D., Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 75
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
Name of Interviewer—S. S. Taylor Person interviewed—H. B. Holloway (Dad or Pappy) Story:
Birth, Parentage
Marriage, Breeding, Weddings, Separations
Slave Sales
Houses, Food, Clothes
Ages
Amusements
Christmas
Run-Away Slaves
Pateroles
Good Masters
Mean Masters
Mixed Bloods
Curious Beliefs and Slave Expectations of Freedom
Lincoln’s Visit to Atlanta
Grant’s Attitude
Schooling, Antebellum and Postbellum
Share Cropping
Didn’t Want To Be Free
Riots and KKK
Hoodoo
Opinions of Young People
Relatives
Birth, Parentage
Marriage, Breeding, Weddings, Separations
Slave Sales
Houses, Food, Clothes
Ages
Amusements
Christmas
Run-Away Slaves
Pateroles
Good Masters
Mean Masters
Mixed Bloods
Curious Beliefs and Slave Expectations of Freedom
Lincoln’s Visit to Atlanta
Grant’s Attitude
Schooling, Antebellum and Postbellum
Share Cropping
Didn’t Want To Be Free
Riots and KKK
Hoodoo
Opinions of Young People
Relatives
— 29 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Pink Holly Holly Grove, Arkansas Age: 70
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dora Holmes (light brown) 1500 Valentine St., Little Rock, Ark. Age: 60? Occupation: Housewife
Interviewer’s Comments
Interviewer’s Comments
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Elijah Henry Hopkins 1308½ Ringo Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 81
How the Little Children Were Fed
Patrollers
Reading and Writing in Slave Time
Slave Occupation and Wages
How Freedom Came
Memories of Soldiers and the War
‘Shin Plasters’
Schooling
Politics
Care of Old People
Opinion of the Present
Occupation and Present Support of Hopkins
How the Little Children Were Fed
Patrollers
Reading and Writing in Slave Time
Slave Occupation and Wages
How Freedom Came
Memories of Soldiers and the War
‘Shin Plasters’
Schooling
Politics
Care of Old People
Opinion of the Present
Occupation and Present Support of Hopkins
FOOTNOTES:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Nettie Hopson Helena (home—Poplar Grove), Arkansas Age: ?
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Molly Horn Holly Grove, Arkansas Age: 77
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Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Cora L. Horton 918 W. Ninth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 50 and 60?
Omit Interviewer’s Comment
Omit Interviewer’s Comment
Name of interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Laura House Russellville, Arkansas Age: 75?
NOV 30 1936 Mrs. Mildred Thompson Mrs. Carol Graham El Dorado District Ex-Slave—Hoodoo—Haunted Houses
Interviewer: Carol Graham Person Interviewed: Pinkie Howard (Add) El Dorado, Ark. Age: ?
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Josephine Howell Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 72
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Pauline Howell Nickname Pearl Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 65 or 70?
JAN 29 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Molly Hudgens DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Age: Born in 1868
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Huff Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1864
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Louvenia Huff Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 64
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Mrs. Anna Huggins Home: Pleasant at John Street.
Interviewer: Mrs. Annie L. LaCotts Person interviewed: Margret Hulm, Humphrey, Arkansas Age: 97 (Story of Abraham Lincoln as a spy)
Interviewer: S. S. Taylor Person interviewed: John Hunter 3200 W. 17th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 74
Biographical
Houses
Tent Harbors
Food
Father and Mother
Patrollers
What the Freedmen Expected
How Freedom Came
Runaways and Mean Masters
Sales and Separations
School
What the Slaves Got
Ku Klux Klan
Mother’s Occupation
Own Occupation
Opinions of Young People
Praying Under Pots
Voting
Mulattoes
Biographical
Houses
Tent Harbors
Food
Father and Mother
Patrollers
What the Freedmen Expected
How Freedom Came
Runaways and Mean Masters
Sales and Separations
School
What the Slaves Got
Ku Klux Klan
Mother’s Occupation
Own Occupation
Opinions of Young People
Praying Under Pots
Voting
Mulattoes
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Hunter, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Ida Blackshear Hutchinson 2620 Orange Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 73
Birth
Parents and Grandparents
Luke Blackshear (Breeder)
Isom Blackshear
Suicide
Death of Sixty Babies
Experiences just after the War
Patrollers
Ku Klux Klan
How Freedom Came
Leaving Alabama
Birth
Parents and Grandparents
Luke Blackshear (Breeder)
Isom Blackshear
Suicide
Death of Sixty Babies
Experiences just after the War
Patrollers
Ku Klux Klan
How Freedom Came
Leaving Alabama
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Cornelia Ishmon 3319 W. Second Avenue Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78
Name of Interviewer—S. S. Taylor Person interviewed—H. B. Holloway (Dad or Pappy) Story:
Birth, Parentage
Marriage, Breeding, Weddings, Separations
Slave Sales
Houses, Food, Clothes
Ages
Amusements
Christmas
Run-Away Slaves
Pateroles
Good Masters
Mean Masters
Mixed Bloods
Curious Beliefs and Slave Expectations of Freedom
Lincoln’s Visit to Atlanta
Grant’s Attitude
Schooling, Antebellum and Postbellum
Share Cropping
Didn’t Want To Be Free
Riots and KKK
Hoodoo
Opinions of Young People
Relatives
Birth, Parentage
Marriage, Breeding, Weddings, Separations
Slave Sales
Houses, Food, Clothes
Ages
Amusements
Christmas
Run-Away Slaves
Pateroles
Good Masters
Mean Masters
Mixed Bloods
Curious Beliefs and Slave Expectations of Freedom
Lincoln’s Visit to Atlanta
Grant’s Attitude
Schooling, Antebellum and Postbellum
Share Cropping
Didn’t Want To Be Free
Riots and KKK
Hoodoo
Opinions of Young People
Relatives
— 29 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Pink Holly Holly Grove, Arkansas Age: 70
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Dora Holmes (light brown) 1500 Valentine St., Little Rock, Ark. Age: 60? Occupation: Housewife
Interviewer’s Comments
Interviewer’s Comments
MAY 31 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Elijah Henry Hopkins 1308½ Ringo Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 81
How the Little Children Were Fed
Patrollers
Reading and Writing in Slave Time
Slave Occupation and Wages
How Freedom Came
Memories of Soldiers and the War
‘Shin Plasters’
Schooling
Politics
Care of Old People
Opinion of the Present
Occupation and Present Support of Hopkins
How the Little Children Were Fed
Patrollers
Reading and Writing in Slave Time
Slave Occupation and Wages
How Freedom Came
Memories of Soldiers and the War
‘Shin Plasters’
Schooling
Politics
Care of Old People
Opinion of the Present
Occupation and Present Support of Hopkins
FOOTNOTES:
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Nettie Hopson Helena (home—Poplar Grove), Arkansas Age: ?
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Molly Horn Holly Grove, Arkansas Age: 77
#773
Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Cora L. Horton 918 W. Ninth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: Between 50 and 60?
Omit Interviewer’s Comment
Omit Interviewer’s Comment
Name of interviewer: Thomas Elmore Lucy Person interviewed: Laura House Russellville, Arkansas Age: 75?
NOV 30 1936 Mrs. Mildred Thompson Mrs. Carol Graham El Dorado District Ex-Slave—Hoodoo—Haunted Houses
Interviewer: Carol Graham Person Interviewed: Pinkie Howard (Add) El Dorado, Ark. Age: ?
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Josephine Howell Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 72
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Pauline Howell Nickname Pearl Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 65 or 70?
JAN 29 1938 Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Molly Hudgens DeValls Bluff, Arkansas Age: Born in 1868
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Charlie Huff Brinkley, Arkansas Age: Born 1864
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Louvenia Huff Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 64
Interviewer: Mary D. Hudgins Person Interviewed: Mrs. Anna Huggins Home: Pleasant at John Street.
Interviewer: Mrs. Annie L. LaCotts Person interviewed: Margret Hulm, Humphrey, Arkansas Age: 97 (Story of Abraham Lincoln as a spy)
Interviewer: S. S. Taylor Person interviewed: John Hunter 3200 W. 17th Street, Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 74
Biographical
Houses
Tent Harbors
Food
Father and Mother
Patrollers
What the Freedmen Expected
How Freedom Came
Runaways and Mean Masters
Sales and Separations
School
What the Slaves Got
Ku Klux Klan
Mother’s Occupation
Own Occupation
Opinions of Young People
Praying Under Pots
Voting
Mulattoes
Biographical
Houses
Tent Harbors
Food
Father and Mother
Patrollers
What the Freedmen Expected
How Freedom Came
Runaways and Mean Masters
Sales and Separations
School
What the Slaves Got
Ku Klux Klan
Mother’s Occupation
Own Occupation
Opinions of Young People
Praying Under Pots
Voting
Mulattoes
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: William Hunter, Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 70
MAY 11 1938 Interviewer: Samuel S. Taylor Person interviewed: Ida Blackshear Hutchinson 2620 Orange Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 73
Birth
Parents and Grandparents
Luke Blackshear (Breeder)
Isom Blackshear
Suicide
Death of Sixty Babies
Experiences just after the War
Patrollers
Ku Klux Klan
How Freedom Came
Leaving Alabama
Birth
Parents and Grandparents
Luke Blackshear (Breeder)
Isom Blackshear
Suicide
Death of Sixty Babies
Experiences just after the War
Patrollers
Ku Klux Klan
How Freedom Came
Leaving Alabama
Interviewer: Mrs. Bernice Bowden Person interviewed: Cornelia Ishmon 3319 W. Second Avenue Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 78
FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
El Dorado District Name of interviewer: Mildred Thompson & Carol Graham. Subject: Uncle Jack Island—Ex-Slave. Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
#792 FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
#792 FORM B
Personal History of Informant
#792 FORM C
Text of Interview (Unedited)
Interviewer: Pernella M. Anderson Person interviewed: Mary Island 626 Nelson Street, El Dorado, Arkansas Age: 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Henrietta Isom, Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 81
El Dorado District Name of interviewer: Mildred Thompson & Carol Graham. Subject: Uncle Jack Island—Ex-Slave. Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
#792 FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
#792 FORM B
Personal History of Informant
#792 FORM C
Text of Interview (Unedited)
Interviewer: Pernella M. Anderson Person interviewed: Mary Island 626 Nelson Street, El Dorado, Arkansas Age: 80
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Henrietta Isom, Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 81
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