When two or more versions of a narrative or parts of a narrative are included and they have been numbered separately, there are multiple listings under the same name.Some of these narratives are earlier versions of narratives in the Rare Book Room collection in the Library of Congress (published in volumes 4 and 5 of George P. Rawick, The American Slave: A Collective Autobiography [Greenwood Press, 1972]). An asterisk to the left of a name indicates that there is another version in the RBR collection.General Introduction xxiiiTexasIntroduction xxviiFrank L. Adams 1S. B. Adams 5S. B. Adams 8*Will Adams 10*William Adams 16Jacob Aldrich 23Gus Alexander 34J. C. Alexander 38*Sarah Allen 44*Andy J. Anderson 48Frank Anderson 57Nancy Antwine 60Manuel Armstrong 63*Mary Armstrong 66Nora Armstrong 75Wash Armstrong 77*Stearlin Arnwine 80*Sarah Ashley 87Lizzie Atkins 92George Austin 104Hattie Austin 118Lou Austin 121Smith Austin 133*Agatha Babino 138Henry Baker 143James Barber 150Delia Barclay 153Jim Barclay 159*John Barker 164*Joe Barnes 174Lucy Barnes 178Amelia Barnett 181Darcus Barnett 187Jake Barrens 193*Armstead Barrett 196*Harriet Barrett 199Elvira Basard 205Henderson Bates 207*John Bates 212Abe Bean 220*Harrison Beckett 224*Frank Bell 237*Virginia Bell 244*Minerva Bendy 249*Sarah Benjamin 254Kate Betters 261*Ellen Betts 265*Charlotte Beverly 281Della Mun Bibles 289The Bibles Negroes 296*Francis Black 299Willie Blackwell 303Willie Blackwell 307*Olivier Blanchard 324Quintin Boldin 330*Elvira Boles 336*Betty Bormer 340Charley Bowen 346*Harrison Boyd 351*Isabella Boyd 355*James Boyd 362*Jerry Boykins 371*Monroe Brackins 375*Gus Bradshaw 391*Wes Brady 397*Jacob Branch 405Minerva Bratcher 420Amanda Eilers Brice 422*Clara Brim 428Ned Broadus 434Ned Broaddhus 438Henry Broaddus 441Winger Vanhook and Henry Broaddus 445*Sylvester Brooks 448*Donaville Broussard 454*Fannie Brown 460*Fred Brown 464Hattie Jane Brown 471Hattie Jane Brown 472*James Brown 474*Josie Brown 481Rosella Brown 485Steve Brown 489*Zek Brown 497*Madison Bruin 503Vinnie Brunson 512*Martha Spence Bunton 519James Burleson 527Phoebe Jane Burrell 531Wesley Burrell 534Sam Bush 539*Ellen Butler 545*Henry H. Buttler 551Dave L. Byrd 560*William Byrd 573*Louis Cain 584Louis Cain 585*Jeff Calhoun 600*Simp Campbell 612*Jim Cape 618James Cape 620*Richard Carruthers 626*Cato Carter 639Allen Carthan 653Allen Carthen 657*Jack Cauthern 666Ben Chambers 669Lucy Chambers 677*Sally Banks Chambers 681Clara Chappel 686Clara Chappel 690Harriet Chesley 692Henry Childers 695*Jeptha Choice 705Jeptha Choice 714Anthony Christopher 718Anthony Christopher 721*Amos Clark 725*Anne Clark 733Abraham Coker 737Alice Cole 746Harrison Cole 765Hattie Cole 775*Thomas Cole 783Betty Coleman 837*Eli Coleman 843*Preely Coleman 856William Coleman 863Bill Collins 880*Harriet Collins 883*Andrew Columbus 897Jake Compton 902Josephine Tippit Compton 908*Steve Connally 914Charlie Cooper 919Lucius Cooper 928*Valmar Cormier and Mary Moses 933*Laura Cornish 937Jane Cotton 944Elijah Cox 950Elijah Cox 952Sue Craft 955*John Crawford 962John Crawford 989John Crawford 997*Green Cumby 1002*Tempie Cummins 1006Kate Curry 1013*Julia Frances Daniels 1020Parilee Daniels 1028Parilee Daniels 1045*Katie Darling 1047*Carey Davenport 1052Alice Moore Davidson 1059*Campbell Davis 1063Mary Davis 1069Nelson Davis 1075Tob Davis 1079*William Davis 1087*Eli Davison 1096*Elige Davison 1109Mollie Dawson 1119Annie Day 1160*J. H. Day 1163*Nelson Taylor Densen 1168Nelson Taylor Densen 1182Jake Desso 1193Bud Dixon 1201Mary Dodson 1207Amy Domino 1214Ed Domino 1218Mary Donatto 1221Steve Douglas 1225Fannie McCullough Driver 1230*Victor Duhon 1238Tillie Duke 1242George Earle 1244*Willis Easter 1250*Anderson and Minerva Edwards 1259Anderson Edwards (supplement) 1267*Ann J. Edwards 1269*Mary Kincheon Edwards 1278Mary Edwards 1282*Lucinda Elder 1285Tempe Elgin 1292Amy Else 1299Louis Evans 1306*Lorenza Ezell 1317*Betty Farrow 1330Archie Fennels 1334Alphonse Fields 1338*John Finnely 1341Jennie Fitts 1351Ellen Nora Ford 1354*Sarah Ford 1358Sam Forge 1370Susan Forrest 1377*Millie Forward 1381*Louis Fowler 1386Mat Fowler 1396Mat Fowler 1400*Chris Franklin 1402Jim Franklin 1415Robert Franklin 1418*Orelia Alexie Franks 1422*Rosanna Frazier 1427Henry Freeman 1432Sarah Fuller 1437Mary Gaffney 1441Mary Gaffney 1442Hattie Gates 1458Mary Anne Gibson 1467*Priscilla Gibson 1473*Gabriel Gilbert 1477*Mattie Gilmore 1483George Glasker 1500Scot Glen 1509Mary Glover 1513*Andrew Goodman 1522Ellen Goodman 1530*Austin Grant 1532Dennis Grant 1546Lizzie Grant 1553Lizzie Grant 1554Catharine Green 1571*James Green 1577Marie Aurelia Green 1584*Rosa Green 1587Rosa Green 1590*William Green 1594*Pauline Grice 1599Lucendy Griffen 1607James Grumbles 1614Josh Hadnot 1621*Mandy Hadnot 1626Maria Hadnot 1631Jeff Hamilton 1633*William Hamilton 1636*Pierce Harper 1642Jack Harrison 1652*Molly Harrell 1658Alice Harwell 1665Sarah Hatley 1675*James Hayes 1682*Felix Haywood 1688Albert Henderson 1696*Phoebe Henderson 1702Robert Henry 1706*Albert Hill 1713Nellie Hill 1725*Rosina Hoard 1730Lee Hobby 1739Nelson Hogan 1755Benjamin and Margaret Holland 1758*ToM Holland 1760*Eliza Holman 1770*Larnce Holt 1779*Bill Homer 1783Mary Homer 1790*Scott Hooper 1797Carolina Houston 1803*Josephine Howard 1806*Lizzie Hughes 1812Alex Humphrey 1821Anna Humphrey 1825*Mose Hursey 1832*Charley Hurt 1837Mary Ingram 1847*Wash Ingram 1852Bettie White Irby 1856William Irving 1864Alex Jackson 1876*Carter J. Jackson 1883Ed Jackson 1888Gus Jackson 1891*James Jackson 1895*Maggie Jackson 1900*Martin Jackson 1902*Nancy Jackson 1910*Richard Jackson 1915*John James 1919Joseph James 1927Hannah Jameson 1933Lydia Jefferson 1939Zeno John 1948*Thomas Johns 1952Thomas Johns 1965*Mrs. Thomas Johns 1973Charley Johnson 1977*Gus Johnson 1988*Harry Johnson 1994Henry Johnson 2005Jim Johnson 2014Liza Johnson 2019*Mary Johnson 2021*Mary Ellen Johnson 2031*Pauline Johnson and Felice Boudreaux 2035Richard Johnson 2043Sallie Johnson 2046*Spence Johnson 2051Steve Johnson 2055Anderson Jones 2064Bud Jones 2077Bud Jones 2088Green Jones 2093*Harriet Jones 2095*Lewis Jones 2108*Liza Jones 2115*Lizzie Jones 2123Lottie Jones 2127Martha Jones 2130Steve Jones 2135*Taby Jones 2143Dempsey Jordan 2155Dempsey Jordan 2156*Pinkie Kelley 2167Ellen Kelly 2171Calvin Kennard 2178*Sam Kilgore 2181Richard Kimmons 2193*Mary Kindred 2199J. W. King 2211*Nancy King 2219*Silvia King 2224Mollie Kirkland 2240Alex Lacy 2250Anthony W. Lacy 2253Ann Ladly 2256Janey Landrum 2263Anna Lee 2272Anna Lee 2273Lu Lee 2291Lu Lee 2308Sarah Lee 2313Walter Leggett 2319*Cinto Lewis 2325*Hagar Lewis 2330*Henry Lewis 2336Lavinia Lewis 2349*Lucy Lewis 2361*Amos Lincoln 2369Felix L. Lindsey 2373Felix Lindsey 2376Felix Lindsey 2379Felix L. Lindsey 2381*Annie Little 2387*Abe Livingston 2399Sue Lockridge 2403Will Long 2407*John Love 2416John Love 2431*Louis Love 2444Andy McAdams 2451John McAdams 2460John McAdams 2461Bill McCray 2478*John McCoy 2481John McDonald 2485William M. McDonald 2487"Curley" McGade 2489Lee McGillery 2492Rosie McGillery 2499*Nap McQueen 2506*C. B. McRay 2515Jack and Rosa Maddox 2521Jack and Rosa Maddox 2543John Majors 2551*Julia Malone 2560Melea Malone 2566Millie Manuel 2568Ella Maples 2572*Adline Marshall 2576Eva Martin 2581*James Martin 2589Sam Meredith Mason 2595*Louise Mathews 2602*William Mathews 2610Maggie Whitehead Matthews 2621Lucy C. F. Mauchison 2627*Hiram Mayes 2634*Susan Merritt 2639Ann Mickey 2646Cassie Middleton 2650*Josh Miles 2654Josh Miles 2668*Anna Miller 2681*Mintie Maria Miller 2687Harriett Millett 2694*La San Mire 2702*Charley Mitchell 2710Charley Mitchell 2714*Peter Mitchell 2717*Andrew Moody 2721Tildy Moody 2726*A. M. "Mount" Moore 2729*John Moore 2736Laura Moore 2743*Van Moore 2748Vina Moore 2754*William Moore 2764*Mandy Morrow 2774*Patsy Moses 2780John Mosley 2795John Mosley 2796Leo Mouton 2810Calvin Moye 2816Calvin Moye 2818Hannah Mullins 2874Florence Napier 2880Sally Neely 2884Sally Neely 2885Louise Neill 2890*Andy Nelson 2892Bell Nelson 2897Ida Nelson 2900*Virginia Newman 2902George Newton 2909Pierce Nichols 2911Mary Nickerson 2915*Margrett Nillin 2920Fannie Norman 2927Isom Norris 2932Annie Norton 2939Isaiah Norwood 2943Aaron Nunn 2953Julia Grimes Jones Ocklbary 2959Charley Odom 2968*John Ogee 2972Joe Oliver 2978*Annie Osborne 2989*Horace Overstreet 2996*Mary Overton 3000Henry Owens 3006Jim Parker 3014Will Parker 3017*Mary Anne Patterson 3022William Paxton 3026Jessie Pauls 3031*Ellen Payne 3039Jack Payne 3044*Henderson Perkins 3047Lu Perkins 3054Lu Perkins 3067Sarah Perkins 3071John Perrier 3078Katie Phoenix 3082Lee Pickett 3087*Lee Pierce 3092Louvinia Young Pleasant 3098James Polk 3105Melinda Pollard 3113Rosa L. Pollard 3117Rosa L. Pollard 3118Ophelia Porter 3129*Betty Powers 3134*Tillie R. Powers 3143*Allen Price 3149*John Price 3161*Lafayette Price 3166Lafayette Price 3172*Henry Probasco 3184Robert Prout 3192*A. C. Pruitt 3200Andrew Pullen 3207*Harre Quarls 3213Mary Rahls 3217*Eda Rains 3221Ella Belle Ramsey 3227*Millie Randall 3238Daniel Ransom 3242Joe Rawls 3248Aaron Ray 3254Laura Ray 3262*Laura Redmoun 3265*Elsie Reece 3271Kitty Reese 3280*Mary Reynolds 3284Will Rhymes 3300George Washington Rice 3303Henry J. Richardson 3306*Walter Rimm 3309George Rivers 3324Steve Robertson 3331Fannie Robinson 3345J. A. Robinson 3348*Mariah Robinson 3350Ellen Rogers 3359Ransom Rosborough 3363*Susan Ross 3365*Annie Row 3368*Gill Ruffin 3376*Florence Ruffins 3380*Aaron Russel 3386*Peter Ryas 3394*Josephine Ryles 3403Felix Grundy Sadler 3407*Mazique Sanco 3436Charlie Sandles 3440Charlie Sandles 3441*Clarissa Scales 3457Dorsey Scott 3465*Hannah Scott 3472Tom Scott 3479Mary Scranton 3481*Abram Sells 3484George Sells 3493*George Selman 3498Will Shelby 3503*Callie Shepherd 3506Polly Shine 3510Polly Shine 3511Marshall Showers 3528*Betty Simmons 3533*George Simmons 3544*Ben Simpson 3549Burke Simpson 3556Emma Simpson 3567Ike Simpson 3573Amos Sims 3580Green Sims 3584Ellen Sinclair 3592Lou Skelton 3595*Giles Smith 3601Henry Smith 3610Henry Hence Smith 3624*James W. Smith 3630*Jordon Smith 3637Louis Smith 3646Lucinda Smith 3648*Millie Ann Smith 3650Robert Franklin Smith 3656Samuel Smith 3659*Susan Smith 3663Tucker Smith 3671Tucker Smith 3672William Smith 3689*John Sneed 3697*Mariah Snyder 3707*Patsy Southwell 3714*Leithean Spinks 3718Fayette Stephens 3728*Guy Stewart 3731*William Stone 3736*Yach Stringfellow 3748*Bert Strong 3755*Emma Taylor 3761*Mollie Taylor 3768*Jake Terriell 3772*Allen Thomas 3777*Bill and Ellen Thomas 3781Bill and Ellen Thomas 3794*Lucy Thomas 3800Nancy Thomas 3806*Philles Thomas 3812Rebecca Thomas 3819Rose Thomas 3824Valmo Thomas 3826Valmo Thomas 3832*William M. Thomas 3835John Thompson 3844Maria Tilden Thompson 3855*Mary Thompson 3860Moslie Thompson 3865*Penny Thompson 3870Fannie Tippin 3878*Albert Todd 3882Charlie Trotty 3886*Reeves Tucker*Lou TurnerWinger Van Hook 3901Winger Van HookAdeline WaldonBean WalkerFannie Moore Walker*Irella Battle WalkerD. W. WallaceCaroline Walker Walton*John Walton*Sol and Liza WaltonAnnie Whitley Ware*Ella Washington*Rosa WashingtonRosa Washington*Sam Jones Washington*Dianah Watson*Emma WatsonCharlie WebbEmma WeeksJ. T. Welch*James West*Adeline WhiteClara WhiteJack White*Sylvester Sostan WickliffeAlice WilkinsAllen WilliamsAndy Williams*Daphne Williams*Horatio W. WilliamsJulia WilliamsLewis Williams*Lou WilliamsMattie Williams*Millie Williams*Rose WilliamsRose WilliamsSoul WilliamsStephen Williams*Wayman Williams*Willie WilliamsSampson WillisEmma Countee WilsonJake WilsonJulius Wilson*Lulu WilsonMary A. WilsonPresident WilsonRobert WilsonSarah WilsonSarah WilsonSmith Wilson*Wash Wilson*Willis WinnSarah Winston*Rube WittRuth Wood*Ruben Woods*Willis Woodsen*Caroline Wright*Sallie Wroe*Fannie YarbroughVirginia Yarbrough*Litt Young*Louis YoungMary Young*Teshan YoungTobe ZollicofferAppendix (eight interviews with white informants)Betty Elizabeth Brooks BaleSarah L. Johnson BerlinerW. E. HobbsDuncan McKeeverO. A. MarshW. S. Needham, Jr.Jack RileyUncle Dave