Annie Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers' Project)

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Title

Annie Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers' Project)

Subject

Oral history

Description

Annie Wallace was the daughter of an enslaved woman and a white man. She described her youth before, during and after the Civil War. She and her late husband, a blacksmith, raised a large family, sometimes under very poor conditions. Although she received little education, Wallace made sure her children attended school.

Creator

Margaret A. Jeffries, interviewer

Source

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

Date

March 18, 1940

Rights

CC BY-SA

Relation

WPA interview with Annie Wallace.

Format

JPG

Identifier

System Number: 000506388

Coverage

Culpeper County, Virginia

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