T. Pat Matthews interview with Andrew Boone
T. Pat Matthews interview with Andrew Boone
Dates: 1937
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Boone was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Boone gives a description of the plantation work and living conditions of slaves. He also describes in detail slave sales and the grueling slave whippings. He adds that he was afraid of the Yankees during the Civil War and that after emancipation everything stayed essentially the same: the black folks did the work and white folks got the money.
- Extent: 1 item (7 p.)
- Creator: Boone, Andrew, ca. 1847. -- Federal Writers' Project. -- Matthews, T. Pat. -- United States. Works Progress Administration
- Call Number: MSS 2886
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84602; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/
- Access Restrictions: Open for public research.
- Languages and Scripts
English - Conditions of Use
- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Interview must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
- Preferred Citation
- Initial citation: MSS 2886; T. Pat Matthews interview with Andrew Boone; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 2886, LTPSC.
- Custodial History
- This item was photocopied from reel 79 of the 920 microfilm collection. SCM 000 323. Andronicus Publ. Co., 1941. Five reels of microfilm were purchased for $115 in 1971.
- Acquisition Information
- Purchased from; Andronicus Publ. Co.; 1971.
- Subject Terms
- Civic Activism; Politics, Government, and Law; Slavery--North Carolina; Slaves--Emancipation--North Carolina; Slaves--North Carolina--Interviews
- Genre / Form
- Interviews
- Appraisal Information
- 19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Finding Aid ID Number
- UPB_MSS2886
- Finding Aid Title
- Matthews (T. Pat) interview with Andrew Boone
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Rose Frank
- Finding Aid Creator
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-12-29T04:10-0700
- Finding Aid Language
- English
- Biographical Info:
Biographical/Historical note
Boone was a former slave living in North Carolina.
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