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Harriett Millett

“Women worked in one field…”

Narrative of Fannie Alexander.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 30.

Fannie Alexander

“…baskets on their heads…”

Narrative of Julia Rush.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 229.

Julia Rush

“…quilts shaped into pallets…”

Narrative of Ebenezer Brown.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 6, Mississippi, p. 248.

Ebenezer Brown

“They pulled fodder…”

Narrative of Fannie Dorum.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 229.

Fannie Dorum

“…built fences…”

Narrative of Ambus Gray.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 77.

Ambus Gray

“…plucked the worms off the leaves…”

Narrative of Simon Stokes.

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

Simon Stokes

“Breakfast in the fields…”

Narrative of Lewis Favor.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Georgia Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 321.

Lewis Favor

“…if your shadow was right under you…”

Narrative of Millie Evans.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 245.

Millie Evans

“…roasted corn…”

Narrative of Charlie Davenport.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Mississippi Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 38.

Charlie Davenport

“During the cotton harvest…”

Narrative of Thomas Johns.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 206.

Thomas Johns

“…boys pulled the bull-tongue plow…”

Narratives of Happy Day Green and Harrison Cole.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 3, p. 88.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 3, Texas, p. 772.

“The horses were given more rest…”

Narrative of Laura Thompson.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 2, Multiple States, p. 134.

Laura Thompson

“…run circles among those working the fields…”

Narrative of Nelson Polk.

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. 166.

“…grab onto the tail…”

Narrative of Tom McAlpin.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Alabama Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 269.

Tom McAlpin

“…pepper in their shoes…”

Narratives of Robert Barton and Emma Taylor.

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. 7.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 4, p. 75.

“…or they had rubbed onions…”

Narratives of Ishrael Massie and Samuel Simeon Andrews.

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. 209.

Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Florida Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 15.

“…pots hidden in the woods…”

Narrative of Nelson Polk.

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. 167.

Nelson Polk

“…broke in your soul…”

Narrative of Harriett Millett.

Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 7, Texas, p. 2696.

Harriett Millett

“One morning in March…”

“The ‘Strange Light’ Again,” Matthew Fontaine Maury, New York Tribune, March 15, 1843, p. 1.

“…a streak appeared behind it…”

“On the Orbit of the Great Comet of 1843,” J.S. Hubbard, The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1849, p. 11.

“…lectures on the star…”

The Mobile Daily Advertiser, April 18, 1843, p. 2.