Slave narratives supplemental materials

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Aunt Adeline, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave "Aunt Adeline", by Zillah Cross Peel with the Work Projects Administration, about Aunt Adeline's life as a slave.
Bob Benford, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Bob Benford, by Bernice Bowden with the Work Projects Administration, about Benford's life as a slave.
Joseph Samuel Badgett, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Joseph Samuel Badgett, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Badgett's life as a slave.
Will Baltimore, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave William Baltimore, by R.S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Baltimore's life as a slave.
William Brown, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave William Brown, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Brown's life as a slave.
Adeline Burris, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Adeline Burris, by Annie L. LaCotts with the Work Projects Administration, about Burris's life as a slave.
Aunt Mittie Freeman, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Aunt Mittie Freeman, by Beulah Sherwood Hagg with the Work Projects Administration, about Freeman's life as a slave.
Campbell Armstrong, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Campbell Armstrong, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Armstrong's life as a slave.
Charles Anderson, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Charles Anderson, by Irene Robertson with the Work Projects Administration, about Anderson's life as a slave.
Charles Dortch, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Charles Dortch, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Dortch's life as a slave.
Cyrus Bellus, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Cyrus Bellus, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Bellus's life as a slave.
Edward Bradley, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Edward Bradley, by Bernice Bowden with the Work Projects Administration, about Bradley's life as a slave.
Fannie Alexander, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Fannie Alexander, by Irene Robertson with the Work Projects Administration, about Alexander's life as a slave.
Fannie Dorum, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Fannie Dorum, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Dorum's life as a slave.
Henry Banner, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Henry Banner, by S.S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Banner's life as a slave.
Henry Blake, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Henry Blake, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Blake's life as a slave.
Jeff Davis, ex-slave interview, #427

Interview of ex-slave Jeff Davis, by Bernice Bowden with the Work Projects Administration, about Davis' life as a slave.
Jeff Davis, ex-slave interview #740

Interview of ex-slave Jeff Davis, by Watt McKinney with the Work Projects Administration, about Davis's life as a slave.
Josephine Ann Barnett, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Josephine Ann Barnett, by Irene Robertson with the Work Projects Administration, about Barnett's life as a slave.
Julia Fortenberry, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Julia Fortenberry, by Samuel S. Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Fortenberry's life as a slave.
Katie Arberry, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Katie Arberry, by Bernice Bowden with the Work Projects Administration, about Arberry's life as a slave.
Leonard Franklin, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Leonard Franklin, by Samuel Taylor with the Work Projects Administration, about Franklin's life as a slave.
Lewis Brown, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Lewis Brown, by Bernice Bowden with the Work Projects Administration, about Brown's life as a slave.
Lewis Chase, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Lewis Chase, by Irene Robertson with the Work Projects Administration, about Chase's life as a slave.
Lucretia Alexander, ex-slave interview

Interview of ex-slave Lucretia Alexander, by Work Projects Administration interviewer Samuel S. Taylor, about Lucretia's life as a slave.