She Cooked For Sherman: Old Clinton History Told From Tales By Ex-Slave, Newspaper article.
- Title
- She Cooked For Sherman: Old Clinton History Told From Tales By Ex-Slave, Newspaper article.
- Date
- 1961-8-13
- Creator
- Bea Quisenberry See all items with this value
- Description
- A newspaper article from the Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) providing historical context to the Clinton Project Oral History Collection. The article tells stories about Sally Lee, a formerly enslaved woman who worked on the land that would become Clinton, Mississippi.
- Primary Subject
- 1900-1999 See all items with this value
- Slavery See all items with this value
- Racism See all items with this value
- Race relations See all items with this value
- Additional Subject
- American South See all items with this value
- Civil War, 1861-1865 See all items with this value
- Location
- Clinton See all items with this value
- Hinds County See all items with this value
- Mississippi See all items with this value
- United States See all items with this value
- Type
- Textual document See all items with this value
- Format
- HBCU Identifier
- mwchcac.oh.2022.clinton.supp.0002
- HCAC Identifier
- HCAC.JSU.0094
- Rights
- All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director
- Contributing Institution
- Jackson State University
- Source
- Originally published in Clarion Ledger, 13 Aug. 1961.
- Collection
- The Clinton Project Oral History Collection See all items with this value
- Relation
-
Charlie Peterson interviewed by Tom Hardy: "Third Annual Mini Workshop on Oral History 'Community Oral Histories Focusing on Clinton,’” Transcript.
-
Ed McElroy interviewed by Tom Hardy, Timestamped index and summary.
-
Wilbon Wells interviewed by Tommy Johnson, Transcript.
- Language
- English
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