Produced by Marcia Brooks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division) SLAVE 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 ASSEMBLED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS _Illustrated with Photographs_ WASHINGTON 1941 [Transcriber's Note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected. In some instances Transcriber's notes (TR) are included with each individual interview, as well as some Handwritten Notes (HW) from the original were maintained but as notation only. In addition, punctuation and formatting have been made consistent, particularly the use of quotation marks. Added two lines to list of illustrations missing from original.] VOLUME XI NORTH CAROLINA NARRATIVES PART I Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Carolina INFORMANTS Adams, Louisa 1 Adkins, Ida 8 Allen, Martha 13 Anderson, Joseph 16 Anderson, Mary 19 Andrews, Cornelia 27 Anngady, Mary 32 Arrington, Jane 44 Augustus, Sarah Louis 50 Austin, Charity 58 Baker, Blount 63 Baker, Lizzie 66 Baker, Viney 70 Barbour, Charlie 73 Barbour, Mary 78 Baugh, Alice 82 Beckwith, John 87 Bectom, John C. 91 Bell, Laura 99 Blalock, Emma 103 Blount, David 110 Bobbit, Clay 117 Bobbitt, Henry 120 Bogan, Herndon 125 Boone, Andrew 130 Bost, W. L. 138 Bowe, Mary Wallace 147 Brown, Lucy 152 Burnett, Midge 155 Cannady, Fanny 159 Cofer, Betty 165 Coggin, John 176 Coverson, Mandy 179 Cozart, Willie 182 Crasson, Hannah 187 Crenshaw, Julia 194 Crowder, Zeb 196 Crump, Adeline 203 Crump, Bill 207 Crump, Charlie 212 Curtis, Mattie 216 Dalton, Charles Lee 223 Daniels, John 229 Daves, Harriet Ann 232 Davis, Jerry 237 Debnam, W. S. 241 Debro, Sarah 247 Dickens, Charles W. 254 Dickens, Margaret E. 259 Dowd, Rev. Squire 263 Dunn, Fannie 270 Dunn, Jennylin 275 Dunn, Lucy Ann 278 Durham, Tempie Herndon 284 Eatman, George 291 Edwards, Doc 295 Evans, John 298 Faucette, Lindsey 302 Flagg, Ora M. 307 Foster, Analiza 311 Foster, Georgianna 314 Freeman, Frank 318