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“…driven through the winter…”

Narrative of Ben Simpson.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 9, Texas, p. 3550.

Ben Simpson

“…threw her in a creek.”

Narrative of Emma Malone.

This is from a smaller set of slave narratives compiled by John B. Cade. They are available for download through the John B. Cade library at Southern University.

Emma Malone

“…covered with shrimps…”

Narrative of Charles Williams.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 1, Multiple States, p. 231.

Charles Williams

“Her baby was beaten to death…”

Narrative of Parthena Rollins.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Indiana Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 167.

Parthena Rollins

“…let the bloodhounds on him…”

Narrative of America Morgan.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Indiana Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 143.

America Morgan

“…ate some of what they pulled off of him.”

Narrative of Spear Pitman.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 5, Indiana and Ohio, p. 200.

Spear Pitman

“…a pin into their eyes…”

Narrative of Lizzie Dillard.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 7, Mississippi, p. 610.

Lizzie Dillard

“…one her master couldn’t sell…”

Narrative of Nancy Williams.

Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 323.

Nancy Williams

“…she suffered spells.”

Narrative of Walter Calloway.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 52.

Walter Calloway

“…to black her eyebrows…”

Narrative of M. Fowler.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 1, Alabama, p. 150.

M. Fowler

“…a pot of boiling lye…”

Narrative of Amy Chapman.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 60.

Amy Chapman

“…because that was a slow death.”

Narrative of Pauline Howell.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansasa Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 342.

Pauline Howell

“…tied to a hackberry tree…”

Narrative of Mandy McCullough Cosby.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 91.

Mandy McCullough Cosby