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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
my mother's father	Ridgley, Maryland	oral tradition	1850s	Caroline County of the Eastern Shore of Maryland	great-great grandfather linked to a white family
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My Mother's first cousin, another family historian.	New Orleans, Louisiana	oral history, proven by archival records	1770s	New Orleans, Louisiana, Marseille and Provence France; Mali, West Africa	self-purchase, love and affection, overcoming the odds
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My mother, grandmother, and great uncle	Napoleonville, Louisiana	Oral history from an eyewitness	1920s	Napoleonville and New Orleans, Louisiana	False accusations and lynching
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My mother, Marie Moss Smith	Washington, D.C.	A traditional story that has been passed down for years	1873	Washington, D.C.	My great grandfather was a co-founder of the American Colored Opera
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my mother, my aunts and uncles	Stedman, Cumberland County, North Carolina	oral tradition	1925	Cumberland County, Stedman, North Carolina	Over coming adversity
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My mother, who's name is Helen L. Hunter (Smith now)	Cleveland, OH	My mother and grandparents told the story.	1930s	Cleveland, OH	The roots of an hybrid American
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My research.	Kinchafoonee, Marion, Georgia	Interviews	1832	Buena Vista, Marion, Georgia	surviving slavery
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