Emma Dell Peters oral history interview, 1993.

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Emma Dell Peters oral history interview, 1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244445165

Peters give an account of her great-grandparents' purchases as slaves, and discuss slaves' religion, the treatment of slaves, and female slaves who bore children for their white masters. The interview records spirituals that Peters learned from her grandparents, and her accounts of illnesses, funeral customs, early jobs she held, poverty in her youth, discipline and life in her large family, traditions of Sunday prayer, and crops grown by her parents. Peters discusses the impact of Civil Rights legislation. Remarks of her father, Willie Jackson, are included.

1 sound cassette (45 minutes);Index (6 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132754

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Peters, Emma Dell, 1941-

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Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Emma Dell Peters lived on Sterling Plantation; her great-grandparents were slaves. For 26 years, Peters worked as a cook in the school system. From the description of Emma Dell Peters oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244445165 ...

Jackson, Willie, 1889-

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Resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Willie Jackson and his daughter, Emma Dell Peters lived on Sterling Plantation; Jackson's grandparents were slaves. From the description of Willie Jackson oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244444760 ...

LaCour-Patrick, Adrienne, 1954-

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...