Voices of the formerly enslaved in Louisiana : the WPA narratives / edited, with an introduction, by Andrea Livesey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Livesey, Andrea (Historian), editor.

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freed persons--Louisiana--Interviews.

Freed persons.

Enslaved persons--Louisiana--Interviews.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Louisiana--Interviews.

African Americans.

African Americans--Louisiana--Social life and customs.

Slavery--Louisiana--History.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2025]

Contents:

Interviews with the Formerly Enslaved: By Jeanne Arguedas. Uncle Bill ; Celie Cressy ; Melinda

By Rouceive Baham. Jim Anderson ; Mandy Rollins and Patience Scott ; Multiple extracts: Charlotte Lang, Prince Haas, Sally Snowden, Peter Hill, Joseph Hawkins, Adam Hall, Carrie Jefferson, Louise Batum, Unknown, Jim Anderson (II), Mammie Jackson

By Hazel Breaux. Anita Fonvergne ; Charles Raphael (by Breaux and Villere) ; Millie White

By Edmund Burke. Peter Barber ; Oscar Felix ; Octavia Fontenette ; Mattie Johnson ; William Moore ; Frank Moss

By Catherine Dillon. Charity Parker (Charity White)

By Octave Lilly. Louise Emily Williams Downs ; Louisa Sidney Martin

By Flossie McElwee. Idel Bateste ; Louisa Braxton ; Verial Brown ; Henrietta Butler ; Ed. De Buiew ; Manda Cooper ; Annie Flowers ; Rebecca Gordon ; Emma Jackson ; Odel Jackson ; Mary Ann John ; Daffney Johnson ; Wilkinson Jones ; Lindy Joseph ; Hannah Kelly ; Rose Pearl ; Eva Reed ; Henry Reed ; Neola Simmond ; Harriette Smith ; Silas Spotfore ; Carlyle Stewart ; Julia Woodrich

By Robert McKinney. Joseph Alfred ; Aunt Babe (Villere as co-interviewer) ; Catherine Cornelius (Breaux as co-interviewer) ; Marie Dede (including additional interview by Catherine Dillon) ; Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Hite ; Celia Bob and Alberta Jefferson (Breaux as co-interviewer) ; "Pops" ; Mary Washington

By Harriet Michinard. Edward Ashley ; Alexander Augustin ; Frances Doby (including additional interview by Arguedas/McKinney) ; Cecelia Maury ; Josephine McDuffy ; Charles Parcansas ; Robert St. Ann (including additional interview by Wallace) ; Clorie Turner ; Mrs. Webb ; Miss White ; Warner Willis

By Zoe Posey. Marie Brown ; Ellen Brownfield ; Lizzie Chandler (Lizzie Candler) ; Joseph B. Craig ; Mary Douglass ; Martin Dragney ; Martha Ellis ; Rebecca Fletcher ; Marguerite Gitson ; Della Greenfield ; Charlie Harris ; Josephine Harrison ; Mary Harris ; N. H. Hobley ; Simon Houston ; Cecile Hunt ; Joseph Jeffry ; Frances Lewis ; Hunton Love ; John Love ; Alex Plicque ; Marthy Ann Prim ; Hennie Ross ; Gracie Stafford ; James St. Ann ; Jerden Waters ; Victoria Williams ; Shack Wilson

By William Otis Tatum. John McDonald

By Maud Wallace. Harrison Camille ; Mother Duffy ; Ceceil George ; Martha Grayson ; St. Ann Johnson ; Rev. Tennessee Johnson ; Victoria Johnson ; Lydia Lee ; Roxanna Moore ; Marguerite Emily Mitchell ; Albert Patterson

By Cecil A. Wright. Amy Guidry ; Lillie Johnson

Unattributed Interviews. William Banjo and Catherine Cornelius ; Rose Banks ; Lillie Bell ; Reverend Lucas Braxton ; Mrs. Brundy and Mrs. Ginevr ; August Coxen ; Mrs. Hunter ; Peter Joseph ; Theresa Kavanaugh ; Rosie King ; Henrietta Nicholls ; Janie Sunette ; Jim Turner ; J. Verreth ; Equella Wheeler ; Pete Windsor ; Unnamed Interviewee 1 ; Unnamed Interviewee 2 ; Unnamed Interviewee 3

Appendix 1. John Lomax's Questionnaire

Appendix 2. Dialect Usage

Appendix 3. Fragments of Lost Interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Voices of the formerly enslaved in Louisiana

ISBN:

9780807185018 (electronic bk.)

0807185019 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032908700

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.