- Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mrs.Agnes Harris
- Creator:
- Hall, Robert
- Contributor to Resource:
- Harris, Agnes, 1922-2012
- Publisher:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-12
- Subject:
- Tobacco farms
Sharecropping
Primitive Baptists - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Description:
- During an oral history interview on August 12, 1982, Mrs. Agnes Harris describes her family history, working on a tobacco farm, and the important role of religion in her life. She details her family moving to numerous houses in order to continue working as tobacco growers. She also describes buying her first home, and her personal relationship with God. She briefly mentions her husband’s military service, her grandmother’s recollections of slavery, and living in Philadelphia. Funding for digitization provided by the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, using Library Services and Technology Act funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-008b
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-008b
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- [Interviewee's name] ([date of the interview]). Interview by Frank Roebuck/Robert Hall. They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage, Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo, GA.
- Extent:
- 46:13:00
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
