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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
	Connecticut	grandfather	1900s	Maio,Cape Verde (Djarmaio)	Grandpa Frank
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Aunt	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Oral History Interview	1912	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Cape Verdean Ancestry
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grandfather	New Bedford, Massachusetts, New York, Red Bank, New Jersey	Passed down	1880s	Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands	work ethic
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grandmother	Kiev	interview	1910s	Ukraine	escape
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Mother, Grandmother	Macon, Georgia	Mother's story, book	1848	Atlanta, Georgia	Escape from slavery
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my grandmother	Alabama	oral family history	1800s	Rowan County, N.C.	An Escape Slave
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My grandmother and my great uncle Alfred Wilson	Mississippi	This story was often told at family events.	1920s	Mississippi	My great uncle Alfred Wilson's Escape to The North
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my mother	Washington, D.C.	a traditional story that has been passed down over generations	1873	Washington County, an area in Washington, D.C.	An African-American slave who escaped slavery and became very successful
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my mother and her siblings	Cape Verde and New York, New York	Passed down	1966	Cape Verde Islands	Immigration
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