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20140130-38
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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 Eliza Holman. Eliza Holman was born into slavery in Mississippi near the town of Clinton to John Applewhite. Eliza recalls her life living in Mississippi and traveling to Texas. She recalls the trip and being stuck at a river along with a conversation between John and his daughter, Mary. Eliza also describes her three different marriages and a song from her youth.
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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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