WPA interview with Josephine Howard
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Josephine Howard was born enslaved on the Walton plantation near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. At the time of her interview, she did not know her exact age, but remembers that when Mr. Walton moved to Texas before the Civil War, she was old enough to work in the fields. In 1937, she lived with her daughter at 1520 Arthur Street in Houston, Texas.
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"WPA interview with Josephine Howard," , , Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed May 5, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/4822