What it is is another way of finding out what kind of people they worked for. They mention who the bad masters were and the good ones, tell of their lives as a slave and some sound like they were respected and treated well while in history, others were beaten etc. I did not know they were given land either. g On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Sammie jean gregory Fairchild < [email protected]> wrote: > Gail, That is great. The slaves in Attala County still live on land given > to them by the Gregory and Peelers. They still farm those lands for > themselves. One of the girls was my sisters best friend. Gail now lives in > Milwalkee Cant spell good. But it is so good to be able to trace that part > of your family history. Jeannie > > > From: Gail Kilgore <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:10 AM > Subject: Re: [TTTP] Slave Narratives > > What grand reading... the history that these people are telling. It is > awesome. Then to top it off, I found the slaves that were owned by my > son's > gggggggggg grandfather.... somewhere down the line in OK. Absolutely > fabulous reading.. > > Thanks for sharing this link. > > g > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Sammie jean gregory Fairchild < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > thanks for the info. > > > > > > From: Billie Walsh <[email protected]> > > To: Trails To The Past <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:23 AM > > Subject: [TTTP] Slave Narratives > > > > For southern states a source of material is the Slave Narratives. You > > can get them from Gutenberg Project the easiest but you also kind of > > need to the Library of Congress site to find the ones you need. > > > > http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/ > > > > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/mesnbibVolumes1.html > > > > The Gutenberg Project site doesn't tell which are for what state on > > every one. These are public domain and basically what Gutenberg Project > > asks is that you put a link to their site if you post the narratives on > > your own site. If you sell them on CD/DVD they want 20% but....... > > > > The Gutenberg Project has a lot of good stuff if you dig around a bit. > > > > -- > > > > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. > > Liberty is a well-armed lamb." - Benjamin Franklin - > > > > _ _... ..._ _ > > _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Tschüß, > Gail > "Be who you are and say what you want because those who mind don't matter > and those who matter don't mind." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Tschüß, Gail "Be who you are and say what you want because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."