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Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

McDowell Cassette 2 Side 1

Media

Part of Interview: McDowell, Ida

Title

McDowell Cassette 2 Side 1

Source

Ida McDowell Interview

Date

1989-12-14

Description

Cassette 2

Side 1

00:00--Mrs. McDowell discusses the treatment of mulattos, Native Americans who owned local businesses, once a month shopping trips to Anderson, and holidays commonly celebrated such as Christmas. Birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated in her family.

7:25--She recalls her happiest moments of childhood, her acceptance of being black, and how all races should live together in harmony. She recalls her husband and her son-in-law. She had ten children (7 boys, 3 girls). She names them and states that most of them at some point moved to New York. She also makes brief comment on the fact that her husband always voted, while she never did.

16:58--Audio ends.

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