Byhalia Mississippi

Slave Narrative of Alice Biggs

Leave a Comment / Arkansas, Black Genealogy, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia / 2 minutes of reading

Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Alice Biggs Age: “Bout 70” Location: Holly Grove, Arkansas “My mother come from Kentucky and my father from Virginia. That where they born and I born close to Byhalia, Mississippi. My father was Louis Anthony and mama name Charlotte Anthony. “Grandma and her children was sold in a lump. […]

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Slave Narrative of Diana Alexander

Leave a Comment / Arkansas, Black Genealogy, Mississippi / 2 minutes of reading

Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person Interviewed: Diane Alexander Location: Brinkley, Arkansas Age: 74 Occupation: Worked in field, Washed, Ironed “I was born in Mississippi close to Bihalia. Our owner was Myers(?) Bogan. He had a wife and children. Mama was a field woman. Her name was Sarah Bogan and papa’s name was Hubberd Bogan. “I

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