Sale of Massachusetts
Free Negroes
The four Massachusetts free Negroes convicted of an attempt to abduct a slave, were sold at Galveston, in consequence
of their inability to pay fines. Samuel QUALLS, of Alabama bought Anthony HAYS for $325, Levance SMITH for
$370, William BROWN $505; he bought to re-sell at Moblie. John FOURTKEY, of Galveston, bought Jacob THOMPSON
for $365 on speculation. [N.Y. Times, Wed. Feb. 11, 1852, submitted
by Shauna L Williams]
Death of "Old
Black Joe."
Dallas, Tex., Dec. 10 - Joe Parker, a Negro, said to be one hundred and twenty five years old, died at the poor
farm here today. His last words were, "Wake up, for the great jubilee and come." Parker had been a slave
in Alabama, Georgia and Texas for exactly one hundred years of his life. He was the original of "Old Black
Joe" in Milt Barlow's famous character song bering that title. [December
11, 1885 The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Georgia, submitted by Shauna L Williams]
Texas Slavery Narratives
A Folk History of Slavery in the United States
From Interviews with
Former Slaves
TYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY THE FEDERAL WRITERS'
PROJECT
1936-1938
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Will Adams
William Adams
William
M. Adams
Sarah Allen
Andy Anderson
George Washington
Anderson
Mary Armstrong
Stearlin
Arnwine
John Barker
Joe Barnes
Armstead Barrett
Harriet Barrett
Harrison Beckett
Aunt Virginia Bell
Edgar Bendy
Minerva Bendy
Sarah
Benjamin
Jack Bess
Ellen Betts
Charlotte Beverley
Francis
Black
Olivier
Blanchard
Julia Blanks
Elvira Boles
Betty Bormer (Bonner)
Harrison
Boyd
Issabella
Boyd
James Boyd
Jerry
Boykins
Monroe
Brackins
Gus Bradshaw
Wes Brady
Jacob Branch
William Branch
Clara Brim
Sylvester
Brooks
Donaville Broussard
Fannie Brown
Fred Brown
James Brown
Josie Brown
Zek Brown
Madison
Bruin
Martha Spence Bunton
Ellen Butler
Henry H.
Buttler
William Byrd
Louis Cain
Jeff Calhoun
Simp
Campbell
James Cape
Richard
Carruthers
Cato Carter
Jack
Cauthern
Sally
Banks Chambers
Jeptha
Choice
Amos Clark
Anne Clark
Thomas Cole
Eli Coleman
Preely
Coleman
Harriet
Collins
Andrew (Smoky) Columbus
Steve
Conally
Valmar
Cormier
Laura
Cornish
John
Crawford
Green Cumby
Tempie
Cummins
Adeline
Cunningham
Will Daily
Julia Francis Daniels
Katie
Darling
Carey
Davenport
Campbell
Davis
William
Davis
Eli Davison
Elige
Davison
John Day
Nelsen
Denson
Victor Duhon
Willie Easter
Anderson and
Minerva Edwards
Ann J. Edwards
Mary
Kincheon Edwards
Lucinda Elder
John Ellis
Lorenza Ezell
Betty Farrow
John Finnely
Sarah Ford
Millie Forward
Louis Fowler
Chris Franklin
Orelia
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Priscilla
Gibson
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Mattie Gilmore
Andrew Goodman
Austin Grant
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O. W. Green
Rosa
Green
William Green
Pauline Grice
Mandy Hadnot
William Hamilton
Pierce Harper
Molly Harrell
Ann Hawthorne
James Hayes
Felix Haywood
Phoebe
Henderson
Albert Hill
Rosina Hoard
Tom Holland
Eliza Holman
Larnce Holt
Bill Homer
Scott Hooper
Alice Houston
Josephine Howard
Lizzie Hughes
Mose Hursey
Charley Hurt
Wash Ingram
Carter J. Jackson
James Jackson
Maggie Jackson
Martin Jackson
Nancy Jackson
Richard Jackson
John James
Thomas Johns
Auntie Thomas Johns
Gus Johnson
Harry Johnson
James D. Johnson
Mary Johnson
Mary Ellen Johnson
Pauline
Johnson and Felice Boudreaux
Spence Johnson
Harriet Jones
Lewis Jones
Liza Jones
Lizzie Jones
Toby Jones
Aunt Pinkie Kelly
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