| In this interview, recorded in the first person, the interviewer recounts how Susan Dale Sanders’s parents were enslaved people who lived on separate plantations. |
Excerpt:
…The next farm close to the master’s was owned by a man, Colonel Jack Allen, and he had a big farm and owned lots of slaves. And Mammy was allowed to marry one of the Allen slaves, and my father’s name was Will Allen. You see the slaves had the same name as the masters, as he owned them. My mammy had seven children and we all grew up on our master Dales farm. My father had to stay at his master’s, Col. Jack Allen’s, and work in the fields all day, but at night he would come to my mammy’s cabin and stay all night, and go back to his master’s, Col. Allen’s fields the next morning…
| Interviewee Formerly enslaved person | Birth Year (Age) | Interviewer WPA Volunteer | Enslaver’s Name |
| Susan Dale Sanders | Unknown (Unknown) | Byers York | Rueben Dale, Susan Lovell |
| Interview Location | Residence State | Birth Location |
| Louisville, KY | KY | Taylorsville, KY |
| Themes & Keywords | Additional Tags: |
| Marriage | Spencer County, First Person, Veteran or Widow, |
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