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20140028-34
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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 Betty Bormer. Bormer was born into slavery on the plantation of Col. M. T. Johnson at Johnson's Station, Texas in 1857. In her interview, she describes the treatment of enslaved people at Johnson's plantation, as well as food, music, church, dancing, and other aspects of daily life. She also provides insight into the Civil War and emancipation and describes an encounter her uncle had with the Ku Klux Klan in the post-war period.
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-6
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