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20140117-29
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A transcript of an Ex-Slave Narrative interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with Albert Hill. Albert Hill was born into slavery in Walton County, Georgia on the Georgia Plantation owned by Carter Hill. Albert describes his life living on the plantation until he was twenty-one years old before coming to Robinson County, Texas and then moving to Fort Worth, Texas after fourteen years. The majority of the interviews is Albert's life on the plantation followed by moving to Texas, going back to Georgia for a visit and his marriages to Mollie Washington and Mollie Ross.
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Undated
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-7
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