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Elizabeth Sparks

“…wild like wildmen…”

Narratives of Laura Cornish and Green Cumby.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 255, 261.

“…underneath their masters’ houses…”

Narrative of Thomas Johns.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 6, Texas, p. 1971.

Thomas Johns

“…a cave for his wife…”

Narratives of Leah Garrett, Mrs. George Womble, and Martha Jackson.

The story of the cave, which will appear again later in the book, draws heavily on the narrative of Leah Garrett. I have included the account of Mrs. George Womble as well, which might be the same story from another source. I don’t have sources that indicate that a slave from the Westcott plantation knew about such a cave (although the narrative of Martha Jackson from Alabama speaks of a slave who lived in a cave for up to a year), but the use of such a cave for a fistula sufferer, as will happen with Anarcha, is consistent with how fistula sufferers are treated in Africa today.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 2, pp. 14-15, Vol. 4, p. 191; Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 220.

“…far back in the hills…”

Narrative of Mary Ella Grandberry.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 164.

Mary Ella Grandberry

“…as mean as any slave…”

Narrative of Charles Crawley.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Virginia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 9.

Charles Crawley

“…worked alongside the field hands…”

Narrative of Carrie Davis.

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. 118.

Carrie Davis

“…more generous than any master.”

Narrative of Mary Thompson.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 101.

Mary Thompson

“Others had gizzards…”

Narrative of Elizabeth Sparks.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Virginia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 54.

Elizabeth Sparks

“…abandoned at railroad stations…”

Narratives of Fannie Brown and Adaline Johnson.

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. 33.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 55.

“…the devil made meanness…”

Narrative of Richard Crump.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 65.

Richard Crump

“…put in her stomach.”

Narrative of Adaline Montgomery.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 9, Mississippi, p. 1517.

Adaline Montgomery

“…mullein leaves in with the baby water…”

Narrative of Gus Feaster.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 68.

Gus Feaster

“…tying a copper…”

Narrative of Emma Jones.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 236.

Emma Jones

“…the hind foot…,” etc.

Narrative of Georgia Baker (mole), Anderson Williams (grasshopper), Della Fountain (lice), Harriet Collins (rattlesnake and alligator), and Lucindia Washington (bugs).

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 49 (Baker); Oklahoma Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 107, (Fountain); Texas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 244 (Collins); Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 410 (Washington).

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 10, Mississippi, p. 2300 (Williams).

“Pheriba was among those…”

Pheriba’s extended vision draws heavily on the narrative of Chanie Mack.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 9, Mississippi, pp. 1427-28.