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Ex-slave Leithean Spinks, about 82, Remembers 19C America
Leithean remembered her first marriage, "Ise gits mai'ied in 1872 to Sol Pleasant. Weuns have 2 chilluns befo' weuns sep'rated in 1876. De trouble am he wants to be de boss of de job an' let me do de...
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Ex-slave Mary Armstrong, about 91, Remembers 19C America
Mary remembered, "...when the war was over, I started out an' looked for mamma again, an' found her like they said in Wharton County near where Wharton is. Law me, talk 'bout cryin' an' singin' an'...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Bringing in the DeerCornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Six Months in...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Ex-slave Lucy Thomas, about 86, Remembers 19C America
Lucy remembered, "All the hands was up and in the field by day light. Nobody laid in bed up in the morning like folks do today. Dr. Baldwin allus had a fifty gallon barrel of whiskey on the place. He...
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Ex-slave Millie Williams, about 86, Remembers 19C America
Millie laughed, "I's 'member well de time we'ns steal one of de marster's big chicken's. I's had it in a pot in de fireplace an' it waz sho' smelling good an' seen de mistress cumin'. I's grab dat...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) The Toll Gate 1861Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching in New...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Ex-slave Ellen Butler, about 78, Remembers Remembers 19C America
Ellen related, "Massa never 'lowed us slaves go to church but they have big holes in the fields they gits down in and prays. They done that way 'cause the white folks didn't want them to pray. They...
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Ex-slave Anne Maddox, about 100, Remembers 19C America
Ann remembered, "Bout four o'clock in de evenin' all de little niggers was called in de big yard where de cook had put milk in a long an den trough an' crumbled ash-cake in it. Us had pot licker in a...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) At the Blacksmith's Shop 1871Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Rejected at Bethel...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Ex-Slave Mary Crane Remembers 19C America
Mary explained, "In those days, slave owners, whenever one of their daughters would get married, would give her and her husband a slave as a wedding present, usually allowing the girl to pick the one...
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Ex-slave Betty Powers, about 80, Remembers 19C America
Betty said, "Did we'uns have weddin's? White man, you knows better'n dat. Dem times, cullud folks em jus' put together. De massa say, 'Jim and Nancy, you go live together.' and when dat order give, it...
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Women on the North American Canadian Frontier in 19C - by Dutch-born...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Indian Woman Moccasin SellerCornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in...
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Early African American Evangelist Jarena Lee 1783-1857 - Preaching in...
Jarena Lee was the 1st woman to preach under the auspices of the AME church. The child of free black parents, Lee was born in New Jersey in 1783, & worked as a servant in the home of a white...
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Ex Slave Lou Williams Remembers 19C America
Ex Slave Lou Williams, nearly 100 years oldLou explained, "We had big gardens and lots of vegetables to eat, 'cause massa had 'bout 800 slaves and 'bout a 1,000 acres in he plantation. In summer time...
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Ex-slave Charlotte Beverly, about 90, Remembers 19C America
Charlotte explained, "The white folks had interes' in they cullud people where I live. Sometimes they's as many as fifty cradle with little nigger babies in 'em and the mistus, she look after them and...
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Women traveling in Winter on the Canadian Frontier - by Cornelius Krieghoff...
Cornelius Krieghoff (Dutch-born Canadian painter, 1815-1872) Winter Landscape 1849Cornelius Krieghoff 1815-1872 was born in Amsterdam, spent his formative years in Bavaria, & studied in Rotterdam...
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Ex-slave Frances Black, about 87, Remembers 19C America
Francis remembered, "I was born in Grand Bluff, in Mississippi, on Old Man Carlton's plantation, and I was stole from my folks when I was a li'l gal and never seed them no more. Us kids played in the...
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