Virginia ex-slave interviews, 1937.

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Virginia ex-slave interviews, 1937.

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Include interviews from five former Virginia slaves from Petersburg and Norfolk, Va.; majority of the interviews were done in 1937 by Susie Byrd, a Works Progress Administration worker, through the Hampton Institute. Topics discussed are slave trading, slave discipline, slave involvement in the Civil War, an African-American (U.S.C.T.) regiment, violence towards Freedmen after emancipation, John Brown and Harper's Ferry, slave social customs, religion, runaways, a mulatto doctor, and folk songs. There is also a covering letter from Roscoe F. Lewis of the Hampton Institute to Professor A.A. Hill.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Hampton University (Va.)

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Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virgina, also know as the Normal School, chartered in 1870. From the description of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 639344721 The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was chartered in 1870 in Hampton, Virginia. From the guide to the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute ephemera, 1882-1903 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book ...

United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Hill, A. A.

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Brown, John, Rev

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Plunkett, Peter.

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Brown, Liza (Vocalist)

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Williams, Annie Morris

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Abbott, George, 1887-1995

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American theatrical producer and director. From the description of George Abbott letter to William Work, 1953 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 502306264 ...

Williams, Nancy, 1935-

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Green, Arthur

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Byrd, Susie.

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Wilson, A.D.

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Lewis, Roscoe F.,

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Berry, Fannie.

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