Category Archives: Verbatim

In their own words (includes Federal Writers’ Project oral histories)

Verbatim: “Us Am de Cons’lation to Each Other”

As girls they were slaves. As freed young women they were wives and mothers and workers. As old women they were neighbors. And through it all they were sisters. Scott Hooper and Louise Mathews were born into slavery in Shelby … Continue reading

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