This is really interesting. I am writing a paper on the African
American family before and after the Civil War and ancestry.com
(http://www.ancestry.com) has a new database called slaves narratives.
I put in the key word Barringer and one came back that was an interview
of Rachel Fairley who's mother was a slave of Paul Barringer. It's
really interesting. Unfortunately, I can't paste it all in here because
it's copyright infringement, but here is a little tidbit that sounds
cool:
"My mother seen her ma
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From: Beverly Gardner
To: BARRINGER-L@rootsweb.com
Sent: April 7, 2000 2:07:05 AM GMT
Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [BARRINGER] slave narratives - Barringer
What is the URL of this particular data base/search area. Their 'recent
databases' and 'list of all databases' url's are kicking out error messages.
The direct address to the database is:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/biohist/slavnarr/main.htm
Note though, that you need to be a member of