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20140164-71
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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 Mandy Marrow. Mandy was born Ben Baker's farm in Burnett County, just on the other side of the river from Georgetown. She lived there with her grandparents, her parents and her siblings. Mandy describes living on the farm, she recalls during the war witnessing a shooting accident with the confederate soldiers. Mandy describes her childhood, before later on talking about her time working for Governor James Stephens Hogg as the cook. Briefly Mandy talks about her many marriages.
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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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