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“…hogs turned wild…”
“…wild beefs you could hunt…”
“…bears as big as the beefs…”
“…alligators in the bayou…”
“Plagues of worms…”
“…sounded like women screaming.”
“…stories of winged creatures…”
“…flipped themselves inside out at night…”
“…turn milk into blood.”
“…a slave that had escaped…”
“…tall, with huge hands…”
“…mill house or in the well of an old brewery…”
“…he would chase children…”
“…eat what was inside.”
“…kept their children away…”
“…preventing fire…”
Laura Thornton
“…hogs turned wild…”
Narrative of George Braddox.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 224.
George Braddox
“…wild beefs you could hunt…”
Narrative of Sabe Rutledge.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 67.
Sabe Rutledge
“…bears as big as the beefs…”
Narrative of Adeline Hodges.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 84.
Adeline Hodges
“…alligators in the bayou…”
Narrative of Olivier Blanchard.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 91.
Olivier Blanchard
“Plagues of worms…”
Narrative of Eliza Holman.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 149.
Eliza Holman
“…sounded like women screaming.”
Two narratives of John Walton.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 126.
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. 3948.
“…stories of winged creatures…”
Narrative of Lilah Walker.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 401.
Lilah Walker
“…flipped themselves inside out at night…”
Narrative of Amanda Styles.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 343.
Amanda Styles
“…turn milk into blood.”
Narrative of Amanda Styles and Rachel Harris.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 344; Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 182.
“…a slave that had escaped…”
Narrative of Laura Thornton.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 6, p. 326.
Laura Thornton
“…tall, with huge hands…”
Narrative of Rachael Exelina Mayberry.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Missouri Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 124.
Rachael Exelina Mayberry
“…mill house or in the well of an old brewery…”
Narratives of Charity Jones and Andy Williams.
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. 1200; supplement, series 2, Texas, Vol. 10, p. 4072.
“…he would chase children…”
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. 52.
Gus Feaster
“…eat what was inside.”
Narrative of James Bolton.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 100.
James Bolton
“…kept their children away…”
Narrative of Florida Clayton.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Florida Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 62-63.
“…preventing fire…”
Narrative of William Henry Davis.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., South Carolina Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 311-12.
