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PATRON + Newspaper interview with a former Slave of Franklin County who lived 107 Years

(This was transcribed From the Franklin County Times, Alabama many years ago) Editor Franklin County Times: What is there about the name "Dickson"…

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PATRON + What’s the use of me talking about them times, its all passed and gone.

October 22, 2019 September 30, 2019by Donna R Causey

(WARNING! This WPA interviewer made an attempt in this interview to capture the dialect of this former slave and may be offensive to readers…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

The Conjure woman of Sumter County, Alabama

July 26, 2017 July 14, 2017by Donna R Causey

The Conjure Woman of McCainville1 By G. L. Clark September 21, 1936 Sumter County, Alabama I have had the experience, good or bad, of…

Days Gone By - stories from the past

Shoes Full of Tacks – ex-slave story from Lee County, Alabama

July 24, 2017 June 23, 2017by Donna R Causey

SHOES FULL OF TACKS Interview of George Chambers by Preston Klein Lee County Ex-slave story written 10/7/371 “Uncle George” (George Chambers) was hoeing in…

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Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis – the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade died in 1935

May 8, 2017 April 16, 2017by Donna R Causey

Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis (c. 1840 – 1935), or Cudjo Lewis, was the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the…