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Indiana Ex-Slave Narratives. A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Indiana Slaves conducted by the Works Progress Administration.

Large Print Edition Kentucky Slave Narratives CLARK CO. (Mayme Nunnelley) Most Kentucky superstitions are common to all classes of people because the negroes originally obtained most of their superstitions from the white and because the superstitions of most part of Kentucky are in almost all cases not recent invention but old survivals from a time when they were generally accepted by all germanic peoples and by all Indo-Europeans. The only class of original contributions made by the negroes to our stock of superstitions is that of the hoodoo or voodoo signs which are brought from Africa by the ancestors of the present colored people of America. On the arrival of the negro in America, his child like mind was readily receptive to the white man's superstitions. The Black slave and servants in Kentucky and elsewhere in the South have frequently been the agents through which the minds of white children have been sown with these supernatural beliefs, some of which have remained permanently with them. Nearly all classes of superstitions find acceptance among the negroes. The most widely prevalent are beliefs concerning haunted houses, weather signs, bad luck and good luck signs, charm curse and cures and hoodoo signs. Their beliefs that the date of the planting of vegetables should be determined by the phases of the moon is unshaken.

South Carolina Slave Narratives: Large Print

By: W.P.A. Pub. 1938, Reprinted 2021, 410 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-021-3.The Swedish Lutheran Churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck were the two most important Swedish churches in New Jersey during the Colonial Period. These two communities are located within Salem County. These records consist of minutes of church meetings, fragments of Pastors' Journals, historical accounts of the churches by early Swedish ministers, official documents and records of baptisms, marriages and deaths. The book also has an alphabetical listing of the parish register. This register should be really interesting to the genealogists of family historian as quite a bit of information is given about the member of the church, such as: his or her name along with spouses names, their birth dates, some times their parents names and births are listed, their relationship to other members within the church, children's names and birth dates, material status of children along with their spouses names, members occupation, names of grandchildren and birth dates, and other useful tidbits of information that could help led one to making a elusive breakthrough.

By: Works progress Administration, Pub. 1938, Reprinted 2021, 221 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-020-6.This book tells the story of migration of Swedes and Finns in the 17th century from Pennsylvania and Delaware to the creek lands of southern New Jersey. It describes their efforts to preserve their native ways of life and emphasizes the growth of the important Swedish Lutheran Churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck. These two communities are located in Salem County.

South Carolina Slave Narratives: Large Print

The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII contains over 80 slave interviews and narratives. In addition the title offers sections detailing African American and folklore based interviews with former slaves.