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The document summarizes interviews conducted by the Works Progress Administration between 1936-1938 with over 2,300 former slaves from southern states. It provides excerpts from several interviews, including Charity Anderson who said she had a happy life before the Civil War and her kind master trusted her. Tempe Herndon Durham, who was 103 years old during her interview, discussed slave wedding and childbearing traditions. The interviews also described slave labor, relationships with owners, and past times.
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- 6. “Mammmy Rachel, she knew all the bark and berries to make dies in different colors.” -Tempe
- 7. A tradition in weddings was to jump over a broom
- 9. Slaves who had many children were more valuable.
- 10. “Before the civil war, if we were sick marse an’ mistis looked after ‘em… dey was de same as mammy and pappy.” -Tempe
- 12. Vacation (Christmas Eve to New Years Day)
- 14. Playing Music and Dancing
- 17. Corn, Cotton, Barley, Beans, etc
- 19. The master’s livestock was the prioity.
- 21. Cooked Meals
- 23. Tended to the master’s Children
- 24. Served as a midwife and wet nurse
- 25. Mended Clothes
- 26. Spun and died the cloth them selves
- 28. Took care of sick servants