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Florida Slave Narratives From the Federal Writer's Project

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the at the Library of Congress. The following is a typed version of those records. Spacing on stories have been changed to fit this web format.
A faithful reproduction of language used by the Slaves was the goal and does not reflect upon any person in a negative way.

Andrews, Samuel Simeon Gaines, Duncan Nickerson, Margrett
Austin, Bill Gantling, Clayborn Neighten, William
Anderson, Josephine Gilbert, Taylor Parish, Douglas
Bates, Frank Gragston, Arnold Pretty, George
Berry, Frank Gresham, Harriett Roberts, Charley
Biddie, Mary Minus Hall, Bolden Ross, Sarah
Boyd, Rev. Eli Hilyard, Della Bess Rowell, Jessie
Boynton, Rivana #1 Hooks, Rebecca Scott, Anna
Boynton, Rivana #2 Jackson, Rev. Squires Sherman, William
Brooks, Matilda Kemp, John Henry Sampson, Millie
Bynes, Titus Kinsey, Cindy Simms, Andrew
Campbell, Patience Knight, Emma Smalls, Samuel
Clayton, Florida Lee, David Taswell, Salena
Coates, Charles Lee, Randall Taylor, Dave
Coates, Irene Lycurgas, Edward Towns, Luke
Coker, Neil Martin, Charlotte Thomas, Acie
Davis, Young Winston Maxwell, Henry Thomas, Shack
Dorsey, Douglas McCray, Amanda Tripp, Annie
Douglass, Ambrose Hilliard Mitchell, Christine White, Margaret
Duck, Mama Mitchell, Priscilla White, Margaret #2
Dukes, Willis Moore, Lindsey Williams, Banana
Everett, Sam And Louisa Mullen, Mack Williams, Willis
Gail, Annie Napoleon, Louis Wilson, Claude Augusta