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Portrait of Hagar Lewis, formerly enslaved, Hagar Lewis, Age 82
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Texas
Age when photographed
82
Biography · formerly enslaved

Hagar Lewis

A biography drawn from Hagar's own account is being prepared. Their own words are below.

otographs WASHINGTON 1941 VOLUME XVI TEXAS NARRATIVES PART 3 Prepared by the Federal Writers* Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Texas INFORMANTS Lewis, Cinto Lewis, Hagar Lewis, Henry Lewis, Lucy Lincoln, Amos Little, Annie Livingston, Abe Love, John Love, Louis 1 4 8 14 17 20 24 26 29 McCoy, John McQueen, Nap McRay, Bill McRay, C. B. Malone, Julia Marshall, Adeline Martin, Isaac Martin, Jaines Mathews, Louise Mathews, William Mayes, Hiram Merritt, Susan Miles, Josh Miller, Anna Miller, Mintie Maria Mills, Tom Mire, La San Mitchell, Charley Mitchell, Peter Moody, Andrew Moore, A. M. Moore, Jerry Moore, John Moore, Van Moore, William Morrow, Mandy Moses, Patsy 32 35 38 40 43 45 62 65 67 72 75 79 82 85 88 107 110 114 116 118 121 125 128 132 138 142 Nelson, Andy Newman, Virginia Nillin, Margrett 145 148 152 48 - Ogee, John Osborne, Annie Overstreet, Horace Overton, Mary Owens, George 154 157 160 162 165 Patterson, Mary Anna Patton, Martha Payne, Ellen Perkins, Henderson Phillips, Daniel Pierce, Lee Polk, Ellen Powers, Betty Powers, Tillie R. Price, Allen Price, John Price, Rev. Lafayette Probasco, Henry Proctor, Jenny Pruitt, A. C. 171 173 177 180 183 185 188 190 193 195 197 201 205 208 218 Quarls, Harre 222 Rains, Eda Randall, Millie Redmoun, Laura Reece, Elsie Reynolds, Mary Rim, ".'/alter Robinson, Ilariah Ross, Susan Row, Annie Ruffin, Gill Ruffin, Martin Ruffins, Florence Russel, Aaron Ryas, Peter Ryles, Josephine 225 227 229 233 236 247 252 256 258 262 265 268 270 274 278 ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page Hagar Lewis 4 Annie Little 20 Abe Livingston 24 Nap McQueen 35 Bill McRay 38 C. B. MeRay . 40 Jaraes Martin 62 Louise Mathews 65 Susan Merritt 75 Josh Miles 79 La San Mire 107 Charley Mitchell 110 Andrew Moody and Wife Tildy 116 A. M. Moore 118…

From the Federal Writers' Project slave narratives, 1936–1938. The interviewers wrote down their words in the 1930s, often in dialect spellings that reflect the interviewer more than the speaker.

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