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20140178-81
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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 Andy Nelson. Andy Nelson was born into slavery in 1861 on a farm owned by J. Wolf in Denton County. He states that Wolf owned him and his father and another family, Dr. John Barkswell owned his mother. Nelson also states that when his father died when he was three, he was then sold to the Barkswell to be with his mother. Nelson describes moving to Birdville after the war was over, before moving to Moser Valley; where he remained. Nelson recalls others causing trouble and had run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan but with children at home, Nelson stayed away. He does mention the incident with Sam Bass, an outlaw.
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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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