Title:  Slave Narratives:  A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives

Author:  Work Projects Administration

Release Date:  April 15, 2004 [EBook #12055]

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

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SLAVE NARRATIVES

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 IX

MISSISSIPPI NARRATIVES

Prepared by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Mississippi

INFORMANTS

Allen, Jim

Baker, Anna

Cameron, John
Clark, Gus
Cornelius, James

Davenport, Charlie

Emanuel, Gabe

Franks, Dora
Franks, Pet

Henry, Nettie
Hodges, Fanny Smith
Holliday, Wayne

Johnson, Prince

Kennedy, Hamp

Lucas, James

McAllum, Sam
Moses, Charlie

Necaise, Henri

Singleton, Rev. James
Smith, Berry
Snow, Susan
Stier, Isaac
Sutton, Jane

Williams, Mollie
Wilson, Tom

Young, Clara C.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Mollie Williams

Tom Wilson

[TR:  Footnotes have been moved to appear within the text.] [TR:  Informant names and locations that appear in brackets
     have been drawn from interviews.]

Mississippi Federal Writers
Slave Autobiographies
Jim Allen, Clay Co. 
FEC
Mrs. Ed Joiner

[Jim Allen West Point, Mississippi]

Jim Allen, West Point, age 87, lives in a shack furnished by the city.  With him lives his second wife, a much older woman.  Both he and his wife have a reputation for being “queer” and do not welcome outside visitors.  However, he readily gave an interview and seemed most willing to relate the story of his life.