- Collection:
- African American History
- Title:
- Sallie Phillips Smith oral history interview, June 12, 1973
- Creator:
- Smith, Sallie Phillips, 1877-1978
- Contributor to Resource:
- Lennon, Donald R.
- Date of Original:
- 1973-06-12
- Subject:
- Teachers--North Carolina--Simpson
Joseph Keasbey Brick Agricultural, Industrial, and Normal School
African American women--North Carolina--Pitt County
Pitt County (N.C.)--Social conditions--20th century
Slaves--North Carolina--Edgecombe County
Teachers--North Carolina--Nash County - People:
- Smith, Sallie Phillips, 1877-1978
- Location:
- United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Mrs. Smith discusses her parents' lives as enslaved persons and as free citizens. Particular topics of interest include the circumstances surrounding the sale of her mother from Hyde to Edgecombe County enslavers. Also two fables are recited, "The Lark and the Young Ones," and "One Simple John Proctor," originally told to her by her father. Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/10925
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Contributing Institution:
- J.Y. Joyner Library
- Rights:
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