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"Ex Slave Tales," Butler County.

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@ Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

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Folder contains 18 pages of former slave narratives compiled for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late 1930s. . -r- .r WPA Alabama Writers Project r- EX SLAVES TALES - Butler County, #3 ". s- I~rfJaJ<4ad /55 (~CL J,.A.. t-17-ltf?.J. ",",,~;.L ,. • FEDERAL WI< l'l'EBS' PI,OJECT llutler C;>u>ty. Alabema AUNT JANE'S STOhY Oh )'&s, chilluns, I wu.z here when de yankeys come through. I wuz ar 'young 0' man 'bout fourteen years ole'. One mo' Dins ole t mlasu8 sed, "Jane, It ae gwine in m;y room but you stay an de frount an' ..tch an' af you hear dam yankeY's ar cummint you run an' tell me so I kin hide. Presently I heard de soun' of hosse. feet an' it soun'ed lak thunder 80 I run an' tole mtllaue I heard ar funny aoun'. De yankeY's had come, an' dey had big guns an' awards an' dey.us dressed up in Bojer clothes. II1ssus sent me to tell de men to unhitch all de hosse. an' take dem to a deep gulle,. an' hide 'em. So I run an' tole de mens whut mls8UB sed. den I run back to de house but missul sed ahe did'n an' to see 'em 'cause dey would take eb'y ting dey saw, she knowed. So in a little while dey wuz at mi.sus hou.e .allin' for di. ting and callin' for de udder. 't'fhar' 8 your ma.rater1" dey ax m. Del I sed, "He in de war. n Den dey...
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96 Dpi Tiff
Created Date:
1937 Circa
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