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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 Henry Probasco. Henry Probasco was born on Andrew McGowen's plantation in Walker County, Texas, near Huntsville. Probasco lived on the plantation with 50 other individuals and describes life there, he also recalls a time when he was attacked by a goose. Probasco recalls staying with his family after emancipation and moving to Waco to work cattle for Judge Weakly, moving to Fort Worth to work at the processing plants, and finally to describe his three marriages.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-8
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