Mrs. Smalley was born into
slavery on a plantation in Hempstead, Texas, at an
undetermined date in the 1800s. In this portion of
her interview, she talks about the Civil War, house
and field slaves, the buying and selling of slaves,
the whipping of slaves, and emancipation - which came
later in Texas than in other slave states.
Recorded at her home in Hempstead,
Texas in 1941. Interviewer is folklorist John Henry
Faulk. |