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Bud Jones

“…three enslaved men…”

The story of three enslaved men running from the falling stars is built from the account of J.R. Jones. Jones recorded a number of different anecdotes regarding the night the stars fell.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 4, Georgia, p. 675.

J.R. Jones

“…feeling for moss…”

Narrative of W.S. Needham, Jr.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 10, Texas, p. 4362.

W.S. Needham, Jr.

“…pitch from a torch.”

From the account of Abraham Jones, said to have been 112 years-old at the time of his interview.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 235.

Abraham Jones

“…told of weather”

From the account of Moses Lyles.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina, Vol. 3, p. 140.

Moses Lyles

“…corn and cotton…”

From the narrative of Jeff Davis.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas, Vol. 2, p. 120.

Jeff Davis

“…a star strung…”

Narrative of Ophelia Jemison.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 11, North and South Carolina Narratives, p. 219.

Ophelia Jemison

“…to dream of…”

From the narrative of Susan Dale Sanders.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Kentucky Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 45.

Susan Dale Sanders

“…signaled death…”

From the narrative of Sarah Gudger.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., North Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 357.

Sarah Gudger

“…hundred of sprangles…”

Narrative of Bud Jones.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 6, Texas Narratives, p. 2081.

Bud Jones

“…like hail…”

From the narratives of Daphne Williams and Richard Carruthers.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 161.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 3, Texas Narratives, p. 634.

“…like the sparkles…”

Narrative of Lizzie Johnson.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 103.

Lizzie Johnson

“…a million firebugs…”

Narrative of Virginia Newman.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 148.

Virginia Newman

“A hissing…”

Quoting a letter from a man named Bruneck.

“Observations on the Meteors of November 13th, 1833,” Denison Olmstead, American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. XXVI, July 1834, p. 135.

“…a child’s pop-gun…”

Quoting James M. Palmer.

“On the Meteors of November 13, 1833,” Denison Olmstead, American Journal of Science and Arts, 1834, Vol. XXV., p. 384

“…fireballs nearly as wide as the moon…”

Olmstead is quoting Alex. C. Twining.

“On the Meteors of November 13, 1833,” Denison Olmstead, American Journal of Science and Arts, 1834, Vol. XXV., p. 369.

“…beautiful and awful.”

Narratives of Wesley Jones and Charlotte Foster.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 72.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 83.

“On Sundays…”

Narratives of Charlie Van Dyke and Henry Wright.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 398; Georgia Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 103.

“…the stars falling thick as a mist…”

Narrative of Hattie Jane Brown.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiograph : supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 3, Texas, p. 471.

Hattie Jane Brown