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20140246-50
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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 William Hamilton. Hamilton was born to William Hamilton, a traveling trader, and was left with Alex Buford at Village Creek. Hamilton describes mostly what it was like living on the Buford Plantation and also recalls instances with the Klu Klux Klan. Hamilton gives detailed events about times the Klan came onto the plantation and even speaks about marriage.
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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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