Pine Bluff Slave Narrative
From the slave narrative of Uncle William Baltimore of Route 1, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Age 103
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010The following excerpt from a slave narrative shows that Arfrican Americans were employed by the Confederate Army in Arkansas during the Civil War. As Pine Bluff became the largest area of orginization of the Confederate Army in the Trans Mississipppi, blacks were frequently hired into a multitude of varied roles.
Also noted in the following [...]
From the slave narrative of Parriah Washington, 812 Spruce Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, age 86
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010From the slave narrative of Parriah Washington, 812 Spruce Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, age 86
“…We had started to Texas but the Yankees got in ahead of us in the Saline bottoms and we couldn’t go no further. My boss had so much faith in his own folks he wouldn’t leave here ‘til it was [...]
From the slave narrative of John Young, 923 E. Fifteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 89
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Slave narrative of John Young, 923 E. Fifteenth, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Age: 89
“…I was a drummer in the Civil War. I played the little drum. The bass drummer was Rheuben Turner. I run off from home in Drew County. Five or six of us run off here to Pine Bluff. We heard if we could [...]
From the slave narrative of John Young 925 E. 15th Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 92
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010From the slave narrative of John Young 925 E. 15th Ave., Pine Bluff, Ark. Age: 92
“…I remember when the Yankees come and killed old master’s hogs and chickens and cooked ‘em. There was a good big bunch of Yankees. They said they was fightin’ to free the niggers. After that I runned away and come [...]
From the slave narrative of Sam Word, 1122 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas at 78 years of age:
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010From the slave narrative of Sam Word, 1122 Missouri Street, Pine Bluff, Arkansas at 78 years of age:
I saw the Blue and the Gray and the gray clothes had buttons that said C.S., that meant secessioners. Yankees had U.S. on their buttons. Some of em come there so regular they got familiar with me. Yankees [...]