“…down the Mississippi on a flat boat.”
“…through Alabama on a gray mule…”
“In Falls County, Texas…”
“…the son of a queen.”
“…every borned man should be free.”
“…to send all black people out west…”
“He came through North Carolina…”
“…by ship to Beaufort, South Carolina…”
“One day in Virginia…”
“…wearing a big furred hat…”
Hannah Crasson
“…down the Mississippi on a flat boat.”
Narrative of Rose Mercer.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 12, Oklahoma, p. 230.
Rose Mercer
“…through Alabama on a gray mule…”
Narrative of Rose Mercer.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 12, Oklahoma, p. 230.
Rose Mercer
“In Falls County, Texas…”
Narrative of Bob Maynard. See “In Gallitan, Texas…,” above.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Oklahoma Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 223, 225-26.
“…the son of a queen.”
Narrative of Edward Jones.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 8, Mississippi, p. 1207.
Edward Jones
“…every borned man should be free.”
Narrative of Hannah Crasson.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 193.
Hannah Crasson
“…to send all black people out west…”
Narrative of Rhody Holsell.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Missouri Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 194-95.
“He came through North Carolina…”
Narrative of Charity Austin.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 62.
Charity Austin
“…by ship to Beaufort, South Carolina…”
Narratives of Lucretia Heyward, Sam Mitchell, and Sarah Poindexter.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 281; Vol. 3, pp. 203, 275-76.
“One day in Virginia…”
Narrative of Elizabeth Russell.
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. 184.
“…wearing a big furred hat…”
Narrative of Mary Barnes.
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. 300.
Mary Barnes