Table of Contents

When two or more versions of a narrative or parts of a narrative are included and they have been numbered separately, there are multiple listings under the same name.
Some of these narratives are earlier versions of narratives in the Rare Book Room collection in the Library of Congress (published in volumes 4 and 5 of George P. Rawick, The American Slave: A Collective Autobiography [Greenwood Press, 1972]). An asterisk to the left of a name indicates that there is another version in the RBR collection.
General Introduction xxiii
Texas
Introduction xxvii
Frank L. Adams 1
S. B. Adams 5
S. B. Adams 8
* Will Adams 10
* William Adams 16
Jacob Aldrich 23
Gus Alexander 34
J. C. Alexander 38
* Sarah Allen 44
* Andy J. Anderson 48
Frank Anderson 57
Nancy Antwine 60
Manuel Armstrong 63
* Mary Armstrong 66
Nora Armstrong 75
Wash Armstrong 77
* Stearlin Arnwine 80
* Sarah Ashley 87
Lizzie Atkins 92
George Austin 104
Hattie Austin 118
Lou Austin 121
Smith Austin 133
* Agatha Babino 138
Henry Baker 143
James Barber 150
Delia Barclay 153
Jim Barclay 159
* John Barker 164
* Joe Barnes 174
Lucy Barnes 178
Amelia Barnett 181
Darcus Barnett 187
Jake Barrens 193
* Armstead Barrett 196
* Harriet Barrett 199
Elvira Basard 205
Henderson Bates 207
* John Bates 212
Abe Bean 220
* Harrison Beckett 224
* Frank Bell 237
* Virginia Bell 244
* Minerva Bendy 249
* Sarah Benjamin 254
Kate Betters 261
* Ellen Betts 265
* Charlotte Beverly 281
Della Mun Bibles 289
The Bibles Negroes 296
* Francis Black 299
Willie Blackwell 303
Willie Blackwell 307
* Olivier Blanchard 324
Quintin Boldin 330
* Elvira Boles 336
* Betty Bormer 340
Charley Bowen 346
* Harrison Boyd 351
* Isabella Boyd 355
* James Boyd 362
* Jerry Boykins 371
* Monroe Brackins 375
* Gus Bradshaw 391
* Wes Brady 397
* Jacob Branch 405
Minerva Bratcher 420
Amanda Eilers Brice 422
* Clara Brim 428
Ned Broadus 434
Ned Broaddhus 438
Henry Broaddus 441
Winger Vanhook and Henry Broaddus 445
* Sylvester Brooks 448
* Donaville Broussard 454
* Fannie Brown 460
* Fred Brown 464
Hattie Jane Brown 471
Hattie Jane Brown 472
* James Brown 474
* Josie Brown 481
Rosella Brown 485
Steve Brown 489
* Zek Brown 497
* Madison Bruin 503
Vinnie Brunson 512
* Martha Spence Bunton 519
James Burleson 527
Phoebe Jane Burrell 531
Wesley Burrell 534
Sam Bush 539
* Ellen Butler 545
* Henry H. Buttler 551
Dave L. Byrd 560
* William Byrd 573
* Louis Cain 584
Louis Cain 585
* Jeff Calhoun 600
* Simp Campbell 612
* Jim Cape 618
James Cape 620
* Richard Carruthers 626
* Cato Carter 639
Allen Carthan 653
Allen Carthen 657
* Jack Cauthern 666
Ben Chambers 669
Lucy Chambers 677
* Sally Banks Chambers 681
Clara Chappel 686
Clara Chappel 690
Harriet Chesley 692
Henry Childers 695
* Jeptha Choice 705
Jeptha Choice 714
Anthony Christopher 718
Anthony Christopher 721
* Amos Clark 725
* Anne Clark 733
Abraham Coker 737
Alice Cole 746
Harrison Cole 765
Hattie Cole 775
* Thomas Cole 783
Betty Coleman 837
* Eli Coleman 843
* Preely Coleman 856
William Coleman 863
Bill Collins 880
*Harriet Collins 883
*Andrew Columbus 897
Jake Compton 902
Josephine Tippit Compton 908
*Steve Connally 914
Charlie Cooper 919
Lucius Cooper 928
*Valmar Cormier and Mary Moses 933
*Laura Cornish 937
Jane Cotton 944
Elijah Cox 950
Elijah Cox 952
Sue Craft 955
*John Crawford 962
John Crawford 989
John Crawford 997
*Green Cumby 1002
*Tempie Cummins 1006
Kate Curry 1013
*Julia Frances Daniels 1020
Parilee Daniels 1028
Parilee Daniels 1045
*Katie Darling 1047
*Carey Davenport 1052
Alice Moore Davidson 1059
*Campbell Davis 1063
Mary Davis 1069
Nelson Davis 1075
Tob Davis 1079
*William Davis 1087
*Eli Davison 1096
*Elige Davison 1109
Mollie Dawson 1119
Annie Day 1160
*J. H. Day 1163
*Nelson Taylor Densen 1168
Nelson Taylor Densen 1182
Jake Desso 1193
Bud Dixon 1201
Mary Dodson 1207
Amy Domino 1214
Ed Domino 1218
Mary Donatto 1221
Steve Douglas 1225
Fannie McCullough Driver 1230
*Victor Duhon 1238
Tillie Duke 1242
George Earle 1244
*Willis Easter 1250
*Anderson and Minerva Edwards 1259
Anderson Edwards (supplement) 1267
*Ann J. Edwards 1269
*Mary Kincheon Edwards 1278
Mary Edwards 1282
*Lucinda Elder 1285
Tempe Elgin 1292
Amy Else 1299
Louis Evans 1306
*Lorenza Ezell 1317
*Betty Farrow 1330
Archie Fennels 1334
Alphonse Fields 1338
*John Finnely 1341
Jennie Fitts 1351
Ellen Nora Ford 1354
*Sarah Ford 1358
Sam Forge 1370
Susan Forrest 1377
*Millie Forward 1381
*Louis Fowler 1386
Mat Fowler 1396
Mat Fowler 1400
*Chris Franklin 1402
Jim Franklin 1415
Robert Franklin 1418
*Orelia Alexie Franks 1422
*Rosanna Frazier 1427
Henry Freeman 1432
Sarah Fuller 1437
Mary Gaffney 1441
Mary Gaffney 1442
Hattie Gates 1458
Mary Anne Gibson 1467
*Priscilla Gibson 1473
*Gabriel Gilbert 1477
*Mattie Gilmore 1483
George Glasker 1500
Scot Glen 1509
Mary Glover 1513
*Andrew Goodman 1522
Ellen Goodman 1530
*Austin Grant 1532
Dennis Grant 1546
Lizzie Grant 1553
Lizzie Grant 1554
Catharine Green 1571
*James Green 1577
Marie Aurelia Green 1584
*Rosa Green 1587
Rosa Green 1590
*William Green 1594
*Pauline Grice 1599
Lucendy Griffen 1607
James Grumbles 1614
Josh Hadnot 1621
*Mandy Hadnot 1626
Maria Hadnot 1631
Jeff Hamilton 1633
*William Hamilton 1636
*Pierce Harper 1642
Jack Harrison 1652
*Molly Harrell 1658
Alice Harwell 1665
Sarah Hatley 1675
*James Hayes 1682
*Felix Haywood 1688
Albert Henderson 1696
*Phoebe Henderson 1702
Robert Henry 1706
*Albert Hill 1713
Nellie Hill 1725
*Rosina Hoard 1730
Lee Hobby 1739
Nelson Hogan 1755
Benjamin and Margaret Holland 1758
*Tom Holland 1760
*Eliza Holman 1770
*Larnce Holt 1779
*Bill Homer 1783
Mary Homer 1790
*Scott Hooper 1797
Carolina Houston 1803
*Josephine Howard 1806
*Lizzie Hughes 1812
Alex Humphrey 1821
Anna Humphrey 1825
*Mose Hursey 1832
*Charley Hurt 1837
Mary Ingram 1847
*Wash Ingram 1852
Bettie White Irby 1856
William Irving 1864
Alex Jackson 1876
*Carter J. Jackson 1883
Ed Jackson 1888
Gus Jackson 1891
*James Jackson 1895
*Maggie Jackson 1900
*Martin Jackson 1902
*Nancy Jackson 1910
*Richard Jackson 1915
*John James 1919
Joseph James 1927
Hannah Jameson 1933
Lydia Jefferson 1939
Zeno John 1948
*Thomas Johns 1952
Thomas Johns 1965
*Mrs. Thomas Johns 1973
Charley Johnson 1977
*Gus Johnson 1988
*Harry Johnson 1994
Henry Johnson 2005
Jim Johnson 2014
Liza Johnson 2019
*Mary Johnson 2021
*Mary Ellen Johnson 2031
*Pauline Johnson and Felice Boudreaux 2035
Richard Johnson 2043
Sallie Johnson 2046
*Spence Johnson 2051
Steve Johnson 2055
Anderson Jones 2064
Bud Jones 2077
Bud Jones 2088
Green Jones 2093
*Harriet Jones 2095
*Lewis Jones 2108
*Liza Jones 2115
*Lizzie Jones 2123
Lottie Jones 2127
Martha Jones 2130
Steve Jones 2135
*Taby Jones 2143
Dempsey Jordan 2155
Dempsey Jordan 2156
*Pinkie Kelley 2167
Ellen Kelly 2171
Calvin Kennard 2178
*Sam Kilgore 2181
Richard Kimmons 2193
*Mary Kindred 2199
J. W. King 2211
*Nancy King 2219
*Silvia King 2224
Mollie Kirkland 2240
Alex Lacy 2250
Anthony W. Lacy 2253
Ann Ladly 2256
Janey Landrum 2263
Anna Lee 2272
Anna Lee 2273
Lu Lee 2291
Lu Lee 2308
Sarah Lee 2313
Walter Leggett 2319
*Cinto Lewis 2325
*Hagar Lewis 2330
*Henry Lewis 2336
Lavinia Lewis 2349
*Lucy Lewis 2361
*Amos Lincoln 2369
Felix L. Lindsey 2373
Felix Lindsey 2376
Felix Lindsey 2379
Felix L. Lindsey 2381
*Annie Little 2387
*Abe Livingston 2399
Sue Lockridge 2403
Will Long 2407
*John Love 2416
John Love 2431
*Louis Love 2444
Andy McAdams 2451
John McAdams 2460
John McAdams 2461
Bill McCray 2478
*John McCoy 2481
John McDonald 2485
William M. McDonald 2487
"Curley" McGade 2489
Lee McGillery 2492
Rosie McGillery 2499
*Nap McQueen 2506
*C. B. McRay 2515
Jack and Rosa Maddox 2521
Jack and Rosa Maddox 2543
John Majors 2551
*Julia Malone 2560
Melea Malone 2566
Millie Manuel 2568
Ella Maples 2572
*Adline Marshall 2576
Eva Martin 2581
*James Martin 2589
Sam Meredith Mason 2595
*Louise Mathews 2602
*William Mathews 2610
Maggie Whitehead Matthews 2621
Lucy C. F. Mauchison 2627
*Hiram Mayes 2634
*Susan Merritt 2639
Ann Mickey 2646
Cassie Middleton 2650
*Josh Miles 2654
Josh Miles 2668
*Anna Miller 2681
*Mintie Maria Miller 2687
Harriett Millett 2694
*La San Mire 2702
*Charley Mitchell 2710
Charley Mitchell 2714
*Peter Mitchell 2717
*Andrew Moody 2721
Tildy Moody 2726
*A. M. "Mount" Moore 2729
*John Moore 2736
Laura Moore 2743
*Van Moore 2748
Vina Moore 2754
*William Moore 2764
*Mandy Morrow 2774
*Patsy Moses 2780
John Mosley 2795
John Mosley 2796
Leo Mouton 2810
Calvin Moye 2816
Calvin Moye 2818
Hannah Mullins 2874
Florence Napier 2880
Sally Neely 2884
Sally Neely 2885
Louise Neill 2890
*Andy Nelson 2892
Bell Nelson 2897
Ida Nelson 2900
*Virginia Newman 2902
George Newton 2909
Pierce Nichols 2911
Mary Nickerson
*Margrett Nillin
Fannie Norman
Isom Norris
Annie Norton
Isaiah Norwood
Aaron Nunn
Julia Grimes Jones Ocklbary
Charley Odom
*John Ogee
Joe Oliver
*Annie Osborne
*Horace Overstreet
*Mary Overton
Henry Owens
Jim Parker
Will Parker
*Mary Anne Patterson
William Paxton
Jessie Pauls
*Ellen Payne
Jack Payne
*Henderson Perkins
Lu Perkins
Lu Perkins
Sarah Perkins
John Perrier
Katie Phoenix
Lee Pickett
*Lee Pierce
Louvinia Young Pleasant
James Polk
Melinda Pollard
Rosa L. Pollard
Rosa L. Pollard
Ophelia Porter
*Betty Powers
*Tillie R. Powers
*Allen Price
*John Price
*Lafayette Price
Lafayette Price
*Henry Probasco
Robert Prout
*A. C. Pruitt
Andrew Pullen
*Harre Quarls
Mary Rahls
*Eda Rains
Ella Belle Ramsey
*Millie Randall
Daniel Ransom
Joe Rawls
Aaron Ray
Laura Ray
*Laura Redmoun
*Elsie Reece
Kitty Reese
*Mary Reynolds
Will Rhymes
George Washington Rice
Henry J. Richardson
*Walter Rimm
George Rivers
Steve Robertson
Fannie Robinson
J. A. Robinson
*Mariah Robinson
Ellen Rogers
Ransom Rosborough
*Susan Ross
*Annie Row
*Gill Ruffin
*Florence Ruffins
*Aaron Russel
*Peter Ryas
*Josephine Ryles 3403
Felix Grundy Sadler 3407
*Mazique Sanco 3436
Charlie Sandles 3440
Charlie Sandles 3441
*Clarissa Scales 3457
Dorsey Scott 3465
*Hannah Scott 3472
Tom Scott 3479
Mary Scranton 3481
*Abram Sells 3484
George Sells 3493
*George Selman 3498
Will Shelby 3503
*Callie Shepherd 3506
Polly Shine 3510
Polly Shine 3511
Marshall Showers 3528
*Betty Simmons 3533
*George Simmons 3544
*Ben Simpson 3549
Burke Simpson 3556
Emma Simpson 3567
Ike Simpson 3573
Amos Sims 3580
Green Sims 3584
Ellen Sinclair 3592
Lou Skelton 3595
*Giles Smith 3601
Henry Smith 3610
Henry Hence Smith 3624
*James W. Smith 3630
*Jordon Smith 3637
Louis Smith 3646
Lucinda Smith 3648
*Millie Ann Smith 3650
Robert Franklin Smith 3656
Samuel Smith 3659
*Susan Smith 3663
Tucker Smith 3671
Tucker Smith 3672
William Smith 3689
*John Sneed 3697
*Mariah Snyder 3707
*Patsy Southwell 3714
*Leithean Spinks 3718
Fayette Stephens 3728
*Guy Stewart 3731
*William Stone 3736
*Yach Stringfellow 3748
*Bert Strong 3755
*Emma Taylor 3761
*Mollie Taylor 3768
*Jake Terriell 3772
*Allen Thomas 3777
*Bill and Ellen Thomas 3781
Bill and Ellen Thomas 3794
*Lucy Thomas 3800
Nancy Thomas 3806
*Philles Thomas 3812
Rebecca Thomas 3819
Rose Thomas 3824
Valmo Thomas 3826
Valmo Thomas 3832
*William M. Thomas 3835
John Thompson 3844
Maria Tilden Thompson 3855
*Mary Thompson 3860
Moslie Thompson 3865
*Penny Thompson 3870
Fannie Tippin 3878
*Albert Todd 3882
Charlie Trotty 3886
*Reeves Tucker 3891
*Lou Turner 3896
Winger Van Hook 3901
Winger Van Hook 3905
Adeline Waldon 3913
Bean Walker 3921
Fannie Moore Walker 3924
*Irella Battle Walker 3931
D. W. Wallace 3938
Caroline Walker Walton 3941
*John Walton 3946
*Sol and Liza Walton 3952
Annie Whitley Ware 3958
*Ella Washington 3968
*Rosa Washington 3977
Rosa Washington 3983
*Sam Jones Washington 3984
*Dianah Watson 3992
*Emma Watson 3998
Charlie Webb 4003
Emma Weeks 4006
J. T. Welch 4015
*James West 4017
*Adeline White 4024
Clara White 4029
Jack White 4033
*Sylvester Sostan Wickliffe 4037
Alice Wilkins 4046
Allen Williams 4057
Andy Williams 4065
*Daphne Williams 4077
*Horatio W. Williams 4087
Julia Williams 4090
Lewis Williams 4093
*Lou Williams 4096
Mattie Williams 4102
*Millie Williams 4109
*Rose Williams 4117
Rose Williams 4124
Soul Williams 4131
Stephen Williams 4135
*Wayman Williams 4142
*Willie Williams 4154
Sampson Willis 4161
Emma Countee Wilson 4168
Jake Wilson 4172
Julius Wilson 4182
*Lulu Wilson 4191
Mary A. Wilson 4199
President Wilson 4205
Robert Wilson 4207
Sarah Wilson 4216
Sarah Wilson 4221
Smith Wilson 4226
*Wash Wilson 4236
*Willis Winn 4249
Sarah Winston 4258
*Rube Witt 4260
Ruth Wood 4265
*Ruben Woods 4272
*Willis Woodsen 4277
*Caroline Wright 4281
*Sallie Wroe 4287
*Fannie Yarbrough 4292
Virginia Yarbrough 4294
*Litt Young 4300
*Louis Young 4307
Mary Young 4314
*Teshan Young 4316
Tobe Zollicoffer 4322
Appendix (eight interviews with white informants) 4327
Betty Elizabeth Brooks Bale 4327
Sarah L. Johnson Berliner 4330
W. E. Hobbs 4342
Duncan McKeever 4349
O. A. Marsh 4353
W. S. Needham, Jr. 4359
Jack Riley 4371
Uncle Dave 4374