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A transcript of a WPA interview by Stephen T. Chapman with Reuben M. Isbell. Isbell was born in Kentucky in May of 1852 then moved to Fort Worth in 1854 with his father, Paul Isbell, who was a Commissariat for the Confederate Army. Isbell recalls when a Black soldier was nearly lynched for using racist slurs against white men.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-9
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