George Lewis Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project)

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Title

George Lewis Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project)

Subject

African Americans, slavery, education, Civil War, WPA Narrative

Description

George Lewis was born free before the Civil War and attended Freedmen's Bureau schools in Richmond before earning a law degree from Howard University. In this interview he talks about his family background, his education, the Civil War and the introduction of schools for children of former slaves after the end of the Civil War.  He married a daughter of Lucy Goode Brooks.

Creator

Faith Morris, interviewer

Source

Virginia Writers' Project Life Histories, Work Projects Administration of Virginia Records, 1939-1943, Accession 30432. Federal Records Collection, Library of Virginia.

Date

April 9, 1937

Rights

CC BY-SA

Relation

WPA Interview with George Lewis.

Format

JPG

Identifier

System Number: 000506572

Coverage

Richmond, Virginia

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Citation

Faith Morris, interviewer, “George Lewis Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project),” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed December 25, 2024, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/166.