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Biography · formerly enslaved
Issabella Boyd
A biography drawn from Issabella's own account is being prepared. Their own words are below.
rginia Bendy, Edgar Bendy, Minerva Benjamin^ Sarah Bess, Jack Betts, Ellen Beverly, Charlotte Black, Francis Blanchard, Olivier Blanks, Julia Boles, Elvira Bormer (Bonner), Betty Boyd, Harrison Boyd, Issabella Boyd, James Boykins, Jerry Brackins, Monroe Bradshaw, Gus Brady, Wes Branch, Jacob Branch, William Brim, Clara Brooks, Sylvester Broussard, Donaville Brown, Fannie 37 39 42 45 47 49 51 54 59 62 66 68 70 72 75 84 87 90 93 106 109 112 114 117 121 124 130 133 137 143 147 149 151 154 Brown, Fred Brown, James Brown, Josie Brown, Zek Bruin, Madison Bunton, Martha Spence Butler, Ellen Buttier, Henry H. Byrd, William 156 160 163 166 169 174 176 179 182 Cain, Louis Calhoun, Jeff Campbell, Simp Cape, James Carruthers, Richard Carter, Cato Cauthern, Jack Chambers, Sally Banks Choice, Jeptha Clark, Amos Clark, Anne Cole, Thomas Coleman, Eli Coleman, Preely Collins, Harriet Columbus, Andrew (Smoky) Connally, Steve Coimier, Valmar Cornish, Laura Crawford, John Cumby, Green Cummins, Tempie Cunningham, Adeline 185 188 191 193 197 202 212 214 217 220 223 225 236 240 242 246 249 252 254 257 260 263 266 Daily, Will Daniels, Julia Francis Darling, Katie Davenport, Carey Davis, Campbell Davis, William Davison, Eli Davison, Elige Day, John Denson, Nelsen Duhon, Victor 269 273 278 281 285 289 295 298 302 305 307 ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page Will Adams 1 William Adams 4 Mary Armstrong 25 Sterlin Arnwine 31 Sarah Ashley 34 Edgar and Minerva Bendy ^ 66 Jack Bess1s House 72 Jack Bess 72 Charlotte Beverly 84 Francis Black 87 Betty Bormer (Bonner) 109 Issabella Boyd 114 James Boyd 117 Monroe Brackins 124 Wes Brady 133 William Branch 143 Clara Brim 147 Sylvester Brooks 149 Donaville Broussard 151 Fannie Brown 154 Fred Brown 156 James Brown 160 Josie Brown 163 Facing page Zek Brown 166 Martha…
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.