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20140012-19
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A transcript of an Ex-Slave Narrative interview conducted by Woody Phipps for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project in the 1930s with Hannah Mullins. Mullins was born into slavery on the plantation of M. T. Johnson in Johnson City, Texas in the 1850s. In her interview, she describes the buildings at the plantation, the work performed by enslaved people, food, and child care prior to the emancipation of slaves at the end of the Civil War. After he turned five years old, she was a nurse to the Johnson children. After emancipation, she and her family stayed at the Johnson plantation and worked for wages. She describes racial violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan, specifically in the towns of Bowie and Blum, Texas. She also discusses voting rights, including intimidation and tampering. After marrying William "Bill" Mullins, the couple moved between Arlington, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, and the all-black community of Boley, Oklahoma.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-5
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