General Introduction xixMississippiIntroduction lxixAnonymous 1Anonymous 2Tabby Abbey 3Lewis Adams 5George Washington Albright 8Jack Aldredge 20Barney Alford 23Barney Alford 34Dinah Allen 50Jim Allen 52Cindy Anderson 66"Aunt Ann" 68Jim Archer 73Levi Ashley 76Levi Ashley 84Susan Backstrom 88Anna Baker 90Red Bamburg 102Ephom Banks 103Aunt Becca 105John Belcher 106John Belcher 114Alex Bell and Mary Bell 117Charlie Bell 118Charlie Bell 122Nathan Best 128Nathan Best 136Nathan Bess [Best] 139Ellen Billups 141Nancy Bishop 142William Edward Black 143Charlie Blackwell 147Dig Blewett 149Harold Blewett 151Peter Blewett 152Manda Boggan 155Georganna Bohanon 160Joe Boldridge 162Uncle Porter [Bond] 166Tom Bones 170Elax Bonner 175Ella Booth 178Joe Bouy 180Amanda Bowman 183Elodga Bradford 184Sam Bradford 187Edmond Bradley 189Reuben Bradley 196David Brandon 197Ernest Branon 198Dora Brewer 200Wiley Brewer 204Harry Bridges 207James Brittian 216Sam Broach 222James Brooks 231Calline Brown 235Ebenezer Brown 239Lizzie Fant Brown 255Lucretia Brown 267Manus Brown 268Rina Brown 273Rose Brown 284Rube Brown 287Thomas Brown 290Mary J. Williams Bryant 294Robert Bryant 295Nelson Buck 297Della Buckley 300Claiborne Bullen 303James Burton 305Vinnie Busby 308Richard Bush 313Gabe Butler 314Gabe Butler 320Jennie Butler 329Sallie Bynum 331John Cameron 332Polly Turner Cancer 336Aron Carter 353Martha Carter 361Nick Carter 362Belle Caruthers 364Ned Chaney 369Hannah Chapman 379Frank Childress 386Frank Childress 389Henrietta Outlaw and George Washington Chiles 391James Claiborne 400Cherry Clark 402Gus Clark 403Rena Clark 408Matilda Clifton 412Frances Cobb 416George Coleman 423Lula Coleman 427Luvenia Coleman 435Annie Coley 438Holt Collier 447Holt Collier 470Holt Collier 478Elvira Collins 479Mary Collins 480J.B. Combs 483Ike Conerly 486Joe Coney 487Jerry Cook 492James Cornelius 501Hannah Costine 510Betsey Cotten 511Albert Cox 512Alex Cox 517Julia Cox 518Tony Cox 522Josephine Coxe 525Jessie Craft 529Letitia Craig 532Rena Crawford 534Ed Crum 536Shadrach Cyrus 541Henry Daniels 549Juda Dantzler 553Charlie Davenport 558Charlie Davenport 565Louisa Davidson (and others) 573A. K. Davis 574Joe Davis 575Louis Davis 576Ollie Davis 590Frank Dawkins 591Jake Dawkins 592Nelson Dickerson 600Lizzie Dillard 610Mattie Dillworth 612Howard Divinity 618Emily Dixon 620Sally Dixon 625Clara Dodge 631Dr. Mathew Winfred Dogan 632George Donald 635Lucy Donald 636Ann Drake 642John Durden 653Simon Durr 654Betsy Durrell 659Mollie Edmonds 661Manda Edmondson 675Malinda Edwards 678Gabe Emanuel 681Jerry Eubanks 687Emma Evans 702Lawerence Evans 703Minerva Evans 707J. W. Fairley 710Ben Farnandis 712Sarah Felder 713Elizabeth Finley 725George Fisher 731William Flannagan 732Angie Floyd 736Sylvia Floyd 741Tom Floyd 747Sally Foltz 752Laura Ford 755Violet Ford 759Viney Foster 760Phillis Fox 763Ruben Fox 769Turner Fox and Hannah Fox 781Dora Franks 782Pet Franks 793Lucy Galloway 801Cicero Gaulding 811Letha Gholson 813Henry Gibbs 815Lizzie Gibbs 837Andrew Jackson Gill 839Titus Gilmer 848John Gilstrap 849Robert Gleed 852Henretta Gooch 854Nora Goodwin 855Margaret Goss 858Callie Gray 860Benjamin T. Green 877Florence Green 879Granny Green 882Sara Green 885John Gregory 890Minerva Grubbs 891Phillip Davenport Gullage 895Davey Hairston 896July Ann Halfen 897Minnie Hall 907Albert Hamilton 908Matilda Hardin 910Simon Hare 912George Harris 924Orris Harris 925Orris Harris 928Sybella Harris 936Virginia Harris 937Mollie Hatfield 949Joe Hawkins 956Joe Hawkins 960Dinah Hayes 962Wash Hayes 963Jack Haynes 969Mose Hays 971Mack Henderson 972Francis Henry 974Nettie Henry 975Evie Herrin 988Florida Hewett 992Florida Hewitt and Miles Stone 997Jim Polk Hightower 1007James Hill 1015Joanna Hilly 1022Fanny Smith Hodges 1024Wayne Holliday 1029Charlie Holman 1033Rose Holman 1037Charlie Holmes 1042James Augustus Holmes 1043Silvia Hoover 1048Perry W. Howard 1050R. H. Howard 1051Jerry Howell 1052James Nelson Hubbard and Clora Hubbard 1053Emanuel Hughes 1055Frank Hughes 1057Tom Hunley 1067Rhoda Hunt 1075Pattie Hurst 1078Squire Irvin 1079Joanna Thompson Isom 1091Joanna Isom 1103Johanna Isom 1105Army Jack 1107Dora Jackson 1109Laura Jane Jackson 1112Turner Jacobs 1114Arena James 1122Arena James 1123Wash James 1124Andrew Jackson Jarnagin 1127Hattie Jefferson 1131Lewis Jefferson 1137Rube Jemison 1148Nep Jenkins 1149Callie Johnson 1151Eliza Johnson 1152Emma Johnson 1153George Johnson 1157George Johnson 1158Jeff Johnson 1161Prince Johnson 1167Priscilla Johnson 1181Clarence Johnston 1183Wiley Johnston 1184Aaron Jones 1185Austin Jones 1190Charity Jones 1192Charity Jones 1193Edward Jones 1203Isam Jones 1210Jack Jones 1212Julius Jones 1215Mandy Jones 1226Mary Jane Jones 1243Myra Jones 1247Oliver Jones 1252Susan Jones 1256Jonce J. Jordan 1260Charlie Jordon 1261Aunt Katherine 1264Abe Kelley 1266Hamp Kennedy 1271Henderson Kennell 1278Susan Keys 1280Jeff Kirk 1281Mary Ann Kitchens 1282Silas Knox 1286Milton Lackey 1289Robert Laird 1291Ruben Laird 1296Victoria Randle Lawson 1302Ben Lewis 1309Eddie Lewis 1313Ellen Lewis 1315Wesley Little 1316Westly Little 1317Jane Louis 1324Henry Lovely 1326Sally Lowe 1327James Lucas 1328James Lucas 1330James Lucas 1337John R. Lynch 1349Sam McAllum 1350Lucy Pulliam McBee 1367Elenora Lee McBlackwell 1370William H. McCarty 1371Duncan McCastle 1380Bell McChristian 1383Alex McCinney 1387Prince McClendon 1393Henry Lewis McGaffey 1394Liza McGhee 1402Martha McKay 1405John McKinney 1406Abe McKlennan 1407Mimy McMullen 1412Sanford McMurtry 1413Marshall McNeese 1414Chaney Mack 1415Primous Magee 1430Rosa Mangum 1434Alonzo Marshall 1436Jim Martin 1438John Martin 1445Martin Marvel 1448Tom Mason 1449John Matthews 1450Ann May 1461Martha Mays 1467Alex Mazique and Dr. J. C. Mazique 1471Ned Meek 1472Perry Melton 1473Frank Merriman 1474Susanna Metts 1475John Middleton 1476Kisanna Middleton 1480George Washington Miller 1482Harriet Miller 1498Jeremiah Miller 1508Fannie Minter 1510Cindy Mitchell 1511Jeff Mitchell 1512Adaline Montgomery 1513Alex Montgomery 1522Isaiah T. Montgomery 1532Isaiah T. Montgomery 1536Isaiah T. Montgomery 1537J. P. T. Montgomery 1548Laura Montgomery 1550Rube Montgomery 1560Dave Moody 1565Charlotte Moore 1566Crozier Moore 1567Riley Moore 1569Aunt Jane Morgan 1573Tom Morris 1579Rose and Peyton Morse 1592John Archie Moseley 1595Charlie Moses 1597Sam Mosley 1604Melissa Munson 1606Henrietta Murray 1608Henry Murray 1613Elbert Myers 1618Henri Necaise 1622Tom Newell 1636Jim and Sally Nickerson 1638Lizzie Norfleet 1639Hester Norton 1652Glascow Norwood 1655Mark Oliver 1659Sid Page 1672Maria Parham 1673Caesar Parker 1677Frances Patterson 1678Sam Patterson 1682Sarah Patterson 1684Grundy Patton 1686Ned Patton 1687Andrew Peale 1688Billy Pearl 1690Joe Pettus 1691William Petty 1693Rebecca Phillips 1694Century Pickett 1699Louis Joseph Piernas 1700Dempsey Pitts 1710Nat Plummer 1725Cora Poche 1727Allen Poindexter 1731Lizzie Polk 1732Elsie Posey 1735Isaac Potter 1739Salem Powell 1747Charlie Powers 1750Andrew Price 1755Dick Price 1758John Prince 1759Isaac Pringle 1760James Hamilton Quinn 1766S. B. Quinn 1768Spart Quinn 1769Jack Rabb 1774George Washington Ramsay 1775Filmore Ramsey 1792Bunk Ratliff 1798Jeff Rayford 1800Henry R. Ree and Sam Mingo 1806George Reed 1807Rachael Santee Reed 1814Hiram Rhoades Revels 1820Ben Richardson 1838Cicly and Ephram Riley 1844Uncle Roberson 1845Ben Robinson 1846Ephriam Robinson 1849Ibby Barnes Robinson 1854Manus Robinson 1856Nancy Robinson 1861Edd Roby 1863Nettie Rocket 1869Caroline Rodgers 1874Jane Rogers 1875Noah Rogers 1877Jennie Roland 1883Callie Rolley 1884Joe Rollins 1891Mammie Rose 1901Rose Russell 1902Harriet SandersHamp SanteeAlice ShawLucindy Hall ShawTom SiggersHamp SimmonsSmith SimmonsJoe SimpsonAdam SingletonJames SingletonSlavery CookingAdam SmithBenjamin Whitley SmithBerry SmithBillie SmithClassie SmithMalindy SmithRichard SmithAndy SnowSusan SnowElias SpencerTuck SpightWright StapletonElmo SteeleMattie StenstonSteve StepneyCharley StewartLydia StewartIsaac StierJim StovallJane StricklandLiza StricklandJulia StubbsGeorge SturdivantHattie SuggJames R. SuttonJane SuttonAdline ThomasLorena ThomasRosa ThomasSarah ThomasLucy ThurstonMother TidJohn TolesPappy ToodleAllen TriplettBillie and Jane TriplettEmmeline TrottBuck TruhartIsham TuckerEliza Hardin TurnbowMolly VanceHarriet VarnadoDavid VernorDave WalkerEdwin WalkerHarriet WalkerMelissa Harris WalkerBen WallLewis WallaceNancy WallsHenry WaltonAllen WardGeorge WardHenry WarfieldCallie WashingtonJ. W. WashingtonRev. James W. WashingtonSusan Gruby WashingtonLincoln WatkinsEmaline WattsEugenia WeatherallDave WeathersbyFoster WeathersbyGeorge WeathersbyIsom WeathersbyRobert WeathersbySteve WeathersbyJennie WebbJulia WellsMinerva WellsMartha WheelerWilliam WheelerMaria WhiteMartha WhitfieldJane McLeod WilburnAnderson WilliamsBessie WilliamsChaney Moore WilliamsEd WilliamsFrank WilliamsJane WilliamsJohn WilliamsLizzie WilliamsLord Byron WilliamsMelinda WilliamsMollie WilliamsGeorge WilliamsonAaron WillisFrances WillisIsaac WilsonLuke WilsonTemple WilsonTom WilsonDicy WindfieldLouis J. WinstonAnda WoodsRebecca WoodsIke WoodwardBen O. YoungClara C. YoungRobert Young