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Updated: May 8, 2025

New Oreleans is one third colored in population, you understand. Some places in the south the colored outnumber the whites 30 to 1. "I pastored St. Paul's church in Louieville, a church of close to 3,000 members. No'ma'm can't say just how old a church it is." "To live a consecrated life, you'd better leave off dancing, drinking smoking and the movies. I've never been to a movie in my life.

United States. Work Projects Administration - Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States: From Interviews with Former Slaves: Ohio Narratives