| In this interview, recorded in the first person, the interviewer recounts Susan Dale Sanders’s emancipation. |
Excerpt:
…After I [Susan Dale Sanders] grew up, I worked for Mrs. Susan Lovell, who was the ole master’s married daughter. She lived down the road from his farm. She was good to me! You see I was named after Susan Lovell. It was while I was working for her when the [Civil] war ended. She told me I was free after the war was over. I got happy and sang, but I didn’t know for a long time what to be free was, so after the war she hired me and I stayed on doing all the cooking and washing and all the work, and I was hired by her for four dollars a month…
| 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: |
| Emancipation | Spencer County, First Person, Veteran or Widow, |
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