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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Text
Text
Citation
Margaret A. Jeffries, interviewer, “Annie Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers' Project),” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed April 25, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/164.