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20140172-77
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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 Anna Miller. Anna Miller was born in 1987 in Kentucky. Her mother, father and herself were sold to Mark Loyd, who then moved his farm and other slaves to Missouri. After seven years, Loyd moved the sold the farm and moved the slaves to Palo Pinto County, Texas. Anna recalls having a severe Master who would work them all day in the fields and then at night making clothes. Anna recalls a time when she was ill during the move to Palo Pinto County, living there, and another when her sister ran away with another slave and they had to sneak back to get food at night to avoid punishment. Anna describes the time after the war, making mention how Mark Loyd was upset about losing and committed suicide after moving to Fort Worth years later.
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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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