item: #1 of 18
          id: 11255
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 1
        date: None
       words: 92487
      flesch: 97
     summary: Old man Toliver said he didn't want none of us to be sold; so they wasn't none of us sold. She married old man named Lewis Chase and they worked on where he had been raised.
    keywords: age; arkansas; big; black; bout; boy; boys; brown; children; church; colored; come; cotton; county; dat; day; days; eat; father; field; folks; free; freedom; git; good; home; house; interviewer; klux; know; left; life; little; live; living; mama; man; married; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; niggers; nothin'; papa; people; person; place; right; rock; run; school; slavery; slaves; soldiers; street; things; time; war; way; white; wid; wife; woman; work; yankees; years; young
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        item: #2 of 18
          id: 11422
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 7
        date: None
       words: 66087
      flesch: 96
     summary: Ma didn't talk much about old times. On the next corner, old man Sinclair lived.
    keywords: age; arkansas; big; boy; children; church; cotton; county; dat; day; days; dey; father; field; fine; folks; free; freedom; goin'; good; home; house; interviewer; klux; living; man; married; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; nothin'; people; person; place; right; rock; run; school; slavery; slaves; tell; things; time; war; way; white; wife; williams; work; yankees; years; young
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        item: #3 of 18
          id: 11485
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VI, Kansas Narratives
        date: None
       words: 5105
      flesch: 90
     summary: When slave owners died, if they had no near relatives to inherit their property, they would 'Will' the slaves their freedom, instead of giving them to someone else. Slaves were never allowed to talk to white people other than their masters or someone their master knew, as they were afraid the white man might have the slave run away.
    keywords: kansas; master; mother; people; slaves; work; years
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        item: #4 of 18
          id: 11544
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 5
        date: None
       words: 95896
      flesch: 97
     summary: The conditions is hard for old men like me. I remember there was on old man called Billy Mann lived down here at Noble lake.
    keywords: 'em; age; arkansas; black; bluff; bout; brother; carolina; children; colored; come; cotton; county; day; days; dead; dey; farm; father; field; folks; freedom; good; grandma; home; house; husband; interviewer; john; klux; life; living; lot; mama; man; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; niggers; nothin'; parents; people; person; pine; place; right; run; school; sister; slavery; slaves; south; stay; tell; texas; things; time; war; way; white; wife; woman; work; yankees; years; young
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        item: #5 of 18
          id: 11552
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VIII, Maryland Narratives
        date: None
       words: 22347
      flesch: 82
     summary: Describing the general conditions of Maryland slaves, he said: We would work from sunrise to sunset every day except Sundays and on New Year's Day. , she would wear the cast-off clothes of the mistress, or, at other times the clothes made by other slaves.
    keywords: baltimore; children; church; clothes; colored; county; day; days; family; farm; father; home; house; man; maryland; master; men; mother; people; plantation; river; slaves; time; virginia; white; williams; work; years
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        item: #6 of 18
          id: 11709
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 6
        date: None
       words: 97452
      flesch: 96
     summary: Old man can't get 'nuff regular work to cover my house or buy me a suit closes. When it gets cold and no work, makes it hard on old men.
    keywords: age; arkansas; big; bluff; boys; children; church; colored; cook; cotton; county; dat; day; days; dead; dey; eat; family; farm; father; field; folks; freedom; girl; going; good; home; house; husband; interviewer; klux; know; let; life; like; little; living; mama; man; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; negro; niggers; nothin'; old; papa; people; person; pine; place; right; rock; round; run; school; slavery; slaves; street; tell; things; time; war; way; went; whip; white; wid; wife; woman; work; wuz; yankees; years
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        item: #7 of 18
          id: 11920
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume VII, Kentucky Narratives
        date: None
       words: 41075
      flesch: 86
     summary: I was nurse in slave time en I carried de chilluns all ober de house en one day I had de chilluns upstars en my missus called me en I do not remember my grandmother, and I didn't have to work in slave days, because my mother and father did all the work except the heavy farm work.
    keywords: age; aunt; away; big; boy; cabin; children; co.; come; county; dar; dat; day; days; dem; den; dey; dis; doo; family; father; foh; folks; git; good; home; hoo; house; i'se; jes; john; kentucky; like; little; mammy; man; master; miss; money; mother; mrs; negro; negroes; nigger; night; old; ole; people; place; sho; slaves; ter; time; uncle; war; wen; white; wid; work; wuz; years; yer
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        item: #8 of 18
          id: 12297
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume III, Florida Narratives
        date: None
       words: 83916
      flesch: 83
     summary: He and other slave children attended schools provided by the Freedmen' Aid and other social organizations fostered by Northerners. As a child Acie spent much of his time roaming over the broad acres of the Folsom plantation with other slave children.
    keywords: 'em; age; american; big; children; church; corn; cotton; county; dat; davis; day; days; den; dey; family; father; federal; field; florida; folks; food; freedom; george; georgia; git; good; guide; hard; home; house; interview; jacksonville; jes; kind; know; life; like; living; man; master; mistress; money; mother; mrs; near; negro; negroes; night; old; parents; people; place; plantation; plenty; project; remembers; run; saw; shoes; slavery; slaves; soldiers; south; states; street; tell; things; thought; time; unit; war; water; way; white; wid; wife; willis; women; work; worker; writers; wuz; years; young
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        item: #9 of 18
          id: 13579
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume V, Indiana Narratives
        date: None
       words: 56709
      flesch: 82
     summary: Another tradition prevailed, that slave children should be presented to the master's young sons and daughters and become their special property even in childhood. According to the customary practice of raising slave children, Adah was left at the negro quarters of the McClain plantation, a large estate located in Henderson county, three and one half miles from the village of Henderson, Kentucky.
    keywords: age; away; boy; children; county; daughter; day; days; death; district; family; farm; father; folks; george; good; home; house; indiana; indianapolis; john; kentucky; left; life; little; man; married; master; men; mistress; mother; mrs; near; negro; negroes; new; night; north; people; place; plantation; remembers; river; slavery; slaves; soldiers; son; story; street; time; uncle; war; white; wife; woman; work; years; young
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        item: #10 of 18
          id: 13602
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1
        date: None
       words: 98324
      flesch: 90
     summary: Marse Alec, he was all de time havin' big mens visit him up at de big house. De overseer, he had a bugle what he blowed to wake up de slaves.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; athens; atter; aunt; away; big; children; chillun; church; clothes; come; corn; cotton; dar; dat; dat de; dat wuz; day; days; de church; de house; de lord; de niggers; de plantation; de time; de war; dem; den; dere; dey; dey jus; dey sho; dey wuz; dis; family; father; field; folks; folkses; free; georgia; git; good; heard; home; john; jus; lak; lak dey; like; little; long; man; married; marse; marster; miss; money; mother; mrs; niggers; night; nothin'; old; overseer; place; plantation; plenty; room; round; run; seed; sho; slaves; sunday; tell; things; til; times; uncle; war; warn't; way; whar; white; wid; wid de; work; wuk; wuz; years; yes; young
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        item: #11 of 18
          id: 13700
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2
        date: None
       words: 96872
      flesch: 97
     summary: Lan', but them was good old days when Master Billy was alive. She was a worker and never took time to tell me about old times.
    keywords: age; arkansas; away; baby; big; bout; boy; children; church; colored; cook; cotton; county; dat; davis; day; days; dem; dey; eat; farm; father; field; folks; freedom; git; good; home; house; interviewer; jes; john; klux; know; left; let; little; long; mama; man; mars; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; niggers; north; nothin'; ole; papa; people; person; place; plenty; right; round; run; school; set; slavery; slaves; tell; thing; time; tom; war; water; way; went; white; whut; wid; wife; woman; work; wuz; yankees; years; young
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        item: #12 of 18
          id: 18484
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 3
        date: None
       words: 91060
      flesch: 90
     summary: But I kin talk and I does love to bring back dem good old days a-fore de war. I can't git over it, dat you done walked way out here from de courthouse jus' to listen to dis old Nigger talk 'bout dem good old days.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; allus; athens; atter; atter dey; aunt; big; children; chillun; church; clothes; come; corn; cotton; county; dar; dat; dat dey; dat wuz; day; days; de big; de church; de house; de niggers; de plantation; de time; de war; deir; dem; den; den dey; dere; dey; dis; family; fer; folks; folkses; fore; free; georgia; git; good; got; home; house; jes; jus; knowed; lak; lak dey; like; little; long; mammy; man; marse; marster; mighty; miss; mother; mrs; negroes; niggers; nothin'; old; ole; place; plantation; plenty; right; round; run; seed; sho; shoes; slaves; sunday; tell; til; time; war; warn't; way; whar; white; wid; work; wuk; wuz; wuz de; years; young
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        item: #13 of 18
          id: 18485
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 4
        date: None
       words: 106173
      flesch: 90
     summary: In de hot summer time Uncle George Gullatt use ter preach ter de slaves out under de trees. De white preacher baptized de slaves and den he preached--dat was all dere was to it 'ceppen de big dinner dey had in de churchyard on baptizin' days.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; atter; augusta; aunt; bed; big; children; chillun; church; corn; cotton; county; dat; dat dey; day; days; de house; de plantation; de time; deir; dem; den; den dey; dere; dey; dis; eat; family; father; fer; field; folks; folkses; fore; georgia; git; good; head; home; jus; know; knowed; lak; like; little; mammy; man; married; marse; marster; men; miss; money; mother; mrs; niggers; night; nothin'; old; overseer; people; person; place; plantation; plenty; room; round; run; sho; sick; slaves; tell; things; til; time; uncle; want; war; warn't; water; way; white; wid; wid de; wife; willis; woman; work; wus; wuz; wuz de; years; young
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        item: #14 of 18
          id: 19446
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 3
        date: None
       words: 106938
      flesch: 97
     summary: One day, years after slavery, when she had married again and had a family, she and her husband got to talking about old slave times. My mother raised us a heap like old times.
    keywords: 'em; age; arkansas; big; bout; boy; boys; children; chillun; church; come; cook; corn; cotton; county; dat; day; days; dead; dem; den; dey; eat; father; fer; field; folks; freedom; girl; git; good; hard; heap; home; house; husband; interviewer; klux; know; left; let; life; long; mama; man; married; master; men; miss; mississippi; mistress; money; mother; mrs; niggers; nothin'; old; ole; people; person; place; right; rock; run; school; sho; slavery; slaves; soldiers; stay; tell; things; time; uncle; war; way; went; white; whut; wid; wife; woman; work; wuz; yankees; years; young
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        item: #15 of 18
          id: 19932
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XV, Tennessee Narratives
        date: None
       words: 23380
      flesch: 97
     summary: We had good clothes ter w'ar en w'en we went ter de table hit wuz loaded wid good food en we could set down en eat our stomachs full. I wuz bawn in slavery en b'longs ter de Brown family.
    keywords: 'bout; atter; big; come; daddy; dat; day; dem; den; dere; dey; dey wuz; dunno; en dey; fer; folks; fum; gib; git; good; hab; hit; house; i'se; kum; long; mah; mammy; man; marster; member; missis; nashville; ob de; old; ole; slaves; sum; tennessee; ter; ter de; things; time; w'en; way; white; wid; wuk; wuz; y'ars; yer; young
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        item: #16 of 18
          id: 22166
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 2
        date: None
       words: 93512
      flesch: 90
     summary: Marster 'pinted a cullud boy to git de slaves up 'fore day, and dey wukked f'um sunup to sundown. Atter all de corn was shucked, dey was give a big feast wid lots of whiskey to drink and de slaves was 'lowed to dance and frolic 'til mornin'.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; allus; athens; atter; atter dey; bed; big; chillun; church; clothes; come; corn; cotton; county; dar; dat; dat dey; day; days; de big; de house; de lawd; de night; de place; de plantation; de time; de war; de white; deir; dem; den; den dey; dere; dey; dey sho; dey wuz; dis; eat; family; father; fer; folks; fore; georgia; git; good; got; heard; home; i'se; jus; know; lak; lak dey; life; little; long; lots; man; married; marse; marster; miss; money; mother; mrs; niggers; nothin'; old; plenty; right; round; run; seed; sho; shoes; slaves; tell; til; times; tuk; uncle; warn't; way; whar; white; wid; wid de; work; wuk; wus; wuz; years; young
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        item: #17 of 18
          id: 22976
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1
        date: None
       words: 92813
      flesch: 94
     summary: I knows dat de Yankees wus good ter de niggers but dey warn't so good ter de ole Issues. I ain't never hear Marse Henry cuss but once an' dat wus de time dat some gentlemens come ter de house an' sez dat dar am a war 'twixt de north an' de south.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; atter; big; boy; case; children; church; clothes; colored; come; county; dar; dat dat; dat de; dat time; dat wuz; date; day; days; de big; de fiel; de house; de ku; de marster; de nex; de niggers; de night; de ole; de plantation; de slave; de surrender; de time; de war; de yankees; de yard; dem; den; den dey; dere; dey; dey wuz; didn; district; eat; editor; family; father; father wus; fer; folks; free; git; git de; goin'; good; home; i'se; jes; john; know; let; like; little; long; lot; mammy; man; marse; marster; mary; meat; member; men; mis; missus; mother; near; new; north; nothin'; pappy; place; plenty; raleigh; right; run; seed; set; slavery; slaves; stamp; story; street; subject; tell; ter de; things; think; time; tole; way; white; wid; wid de; words; work; worker; wus; wus de; years; young
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        item: #18 of 18
          id: 31219
      author: United States. Work Projects Administration
       title: Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
        date: None
       words: 84141
      flesch: 94
     summary: Dey would go through de fields and buy de slaves dey wanted. When de Yankees come Marse wus off ter de war so dey tuck de place wid out any trouble at all.
    keywords: 'bout; 'em; atter; bad; big; carolina; case; children; chilluns; church; clothes; come; county; dar; dat de; dat wus; day; de county; de fiel; de house; de ku; de man; de marster; de missus; de nex; de niggers; de ole; de plantation; de time; de war; de yankees; dem; den; den dey; dere; dere wus; dey; dey wus; district; doan; eat; editor; father; father wus; fer; folks; free; git; good; home; jes; jist; john; know; like; little; long; lot; mammy; man; married; marse; marster; marster wus; mary; men; mis; missus; mother; n.c; near; niggers; nothin'; ole; pappy; place; plantation wus; plenty; raleigh; right; run; seed; slavery; slaves; story; street; subject; surrender; tell; ter de; things; time; tole; way; white; whupped; wid; wid de; wife; words; work; worker; wuz; wuz de; years; young
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