Publication Date
10-25-2017
Abstract
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1104. Student paper titled “Slavery in Green County” in which Essie Forggett details the history of the settlement of Green County and its eventual dependence upon slave labor. Forggett also includes stories of slave auctions, punishments, attempted escapes, and religious practices of slaves throughout the region. Paper is based on information collected by Forggett from county clerk records and in-person interviews with slave descendants.
Disciplines
African American Studies | Folklore | Oral History | Other American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Forggett, Essie (FA 1104)" (2017). FA Finding Aids. Paper 1116.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_fin_aid/1116
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Folklore Commons, Oral History Commons, Other American Studies Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University: 270-745-6434: mssfa@wku.edu