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20140251-59
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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 Giles Smith. Giles Smith was born on Major Hardway's plantation, but was given to Hardway's daughter, Mary, when they were an infant. Smith describes working for Hardway until they were seventeen before moving to a section of the Brazos River in Texas with Frank Talbert. Smith worked for Talbert for two years before working for Windfield Scott's in Brownwood for seventeen years. Smith recalls marrying Dee Scott.
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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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