Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless

He is co-author of Indiana Place Names with Marvin Carmony and editor of The Folklore Historian, the journal of the Folklore and History Section of the American Folklore Society.ContentsPart One: A Folk History of Slavery Background of the WPA Interviews Presentation of Material Living and Working on the Plantation The Treatment of Slaves Escaping from Slavery Education Religion Folklore Recollections of the Civil War Living and Working after the Civil War Value of the WPA Interviews AcknowledgmentsPart Two: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves [134 entries]Appendices, including Thematic Index

Contents
Part One: A Folk History of Slavery
Part Two: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves
Appendices
Appendix I: Informants
Appendix II: Slave States of Informants
Appendix III: Indiana Towns of Residence of Informants
Appendix IV: Indiana Counties of Residence of Informants
Appendix V: Unaltered Versions of Previously Unpublished Indiana Interviews with Former Slaves
Appendix VI: Thematic Index
Living and Working on the Plantation
The Treatment of Slaves
Escaping from Slavery
Education
Religion
Folklore
Recollections of the Civil War
Living and Working after the Civil War
Works Consulted
Index