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Slave Narrative of Eliza Scantling

Leave a Comment / Black Genealogy, Georgia, South Carolina / 3 minutes of reading

Interviewer: Phoebe Faucette Person Interviewed: Eliza Scantling Location: Scotia, South Carolina Age: 87 “If you wants to know about de slavery times,” said old Aunt Eliza, “you’se sure come to de right person; ’cause I wuz right dere.” The statement was easy to believe; for old Aunt Eliza’s wrinkled face and stiff, bent form bore […]

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Slave Narrative of William Sherman

Leave a Comment / Black Genealogy, Florida, Georgia, Native American, South Carolina, Virginia / 14 minutes of reading

Interviewer: J. M. Johnson Person Interviewed: William Sherman Location: Chaseville, Florida In Chaseville, Florida, about twelve miles from Jacksonville on the south side of the Saint Johns River lives William Sherman (locally pronounced Schumann,) a former slave of Jack Davis, nephew of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy. William Sherman was born on the plantation

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