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    HuskyBroMichael Harriot
    1/30/18 5:12pm

    Clark recounted her story to Ferris years before the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration (later the Works Projects Administration) conducted more than 2,300 interviews of formerly enslaved people.

    I remember reading some of thes stories in the complied in the book Bullwhip Days

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    gdmMichael Harriot
    1/30/18 4:47pm

    Maybe I will live long enough to have the opportunity to access all the material we need to understand the heroism, tenacity, and extent of resistance that was, most likely, commonplace during all those long years of slavery....and dispel the common misunderstanding that slaves were passive and accepting of their inhumane treatment! Pray that I will! My grandchildren need to know these stories!

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    K__Michael Harriot
    1/30/18 10:04pm

    William Compton??? Bill didnt die he became vampire!! (sorry couldnt resist) This is awesome that even earlier stories are shared. I feel like any little bit of slave life and before ..helps all of us on the genealogical hunt because it may lead to even more discoveries

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    dingdongjohnfoxisdeadMichael Harriot
    1/30/18 6:59pm

    I live near an historic AME church that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Sacred ground for sure, I get chills each time I pass. God Bless this woman’s soul.

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