Isaiah Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project)

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Title

Isaiah Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project)

Subject

Oral history

Description

Isaiah Wallace was one of thirteen children of a formerly enslaved woman. In this interview he describes the difficult times faced by his family after the end of the Civil War. Wallace ran away as a teenager, and after working in different jobs and places, he returned to Culpeper and became a stonemason and plasterer. He helped to found a school for African Americans in the county. Margaret Jeffries states her personal opinion about race at the end of this interview.

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 11, 1940

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Relation

Virginia Writers' Project interview with Isaiah Wallace.

Format

JPG

Identifier

System Number: 000506371

Coverage

Culpeper County, Virginia

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Text

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Citation

Margaret A. Jeffries, interviewer, “Isaiah Wallace Life History (WPA, Virginia Writers Project),” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/167.