T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE NAME: Polly Mason #4700.0041

IDENTIFICATION: [1855-1974], a centenarian and former slave, she was born at Ulster Plantation near Alexandria, Louisiana. At the time of the interview she lived in Woodworth, Louisiana.

INTERVIEWER: Michael Mulhern [1947- ]

PROJECT: One of a series of interviews with centenarians by Mulhern as a basis for his paper, "A Lifetime of Contrasts."

DATE: April 18, 1971 FOCUS DATES: 1860-1900

ABSTRACT:

Tape 51

Her master Judge Henry Boyce and her life on his cotton plantation in Boyce, Louisiana; brief memories of northern soldiers in Louisiana during the Civil War; her sadness at the assassination of Lincoln; establishment of a station for the Texas and Pacific railroad in the area; recalls seeing an airplane for the first time

TAPES: T 51 TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 45 minutes

# PAGES INDEX: 1

RESTRICTIONS: copyright retained by interviewer, interviewee, and/or their heirs