Oglesby Cassette 2 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Oglesby, Lizzie
Title
Oglesby Cassette 2 Side 1
Source
Lizzie Oglesby Interview
Date
1990-01-11
Description
Cassette 2
Side 1
0:55--Mrs. Oglesby briefly discusses the fact that individuals in her family were free prior to the Civil War before recalling what she was told of how blacks were treated by whites during slavery. She herself was never warned in regards to how one should act around whites. She again refers to her parent's employment with the Thurston Martin farms in Anderson, SC. According to Mrs. Oglesby, Mr. Martin was a good foreman who was fair to his workers. She was fearful of law enforcement as a child because there were frightening stories of how they treated blacks. The man in her family was the head of the household. She discusses the relationship between blacks and mulattos; there was some friction occasionally.
9:15--Mrs. Oglesby grew up in Anderson, so the family would occasionally go to the Fairgrounds in order to watch the circus parade. She then discusses her move to Greenville at age 17 with her uncle John Jenkins after her mother died. She recalls train trips to and from Greenville, and comments on how there were more job opportunities for blacks in Greenville as opposed to those who grew up in rural areas. Holidays such as July 4th and Christmas were important, while birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated in her family.
23:18--Mrs. Oglesby discusses her mother, a midwife, who died in 1920, recalls the adjustments that her family had to make in the wake of this death, and makes comment regarding memories of the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. She then names many of her siblings, and relates stories regarding their spouses.
31:29--Audio ends.
Side 1
0:55--Mrs. Oglesby briefly discusses the fact that individuals in her family were free prior to the Civil War before recalling what she was told of how blacks were treated by whites during slavery. She herself was never warned in regards to how one should act around whites. She again refers to her parent's employment with the Thurston Martin farms in Anderson, SC. According to Mrs. Oglesby, Mr. Martin was a good foreman who was fair to his workers. She was fearful of law enforcement as a child because there were frightening stories of how they treated blacks. The man in her family was the head of the household. She discusses the relationship between blacks and mulattos; there was some friction occasionally.
9:15--Mrs. Oglesby grew up in Anderson, so the family would occasionally go to the Fairgrounds in order to watch the circus parade. She then discusses her move to Greenville at age 17 with her uncle John Jenkins after her mother died. She recalls train trips to and from Greenville, and comments on how there were more job opportunities for blacks in Greenville as opposed to those who grew up in rural areas. Holidays such as July 4th and Christmas were important, while birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated in her family.
23:18--Mrs. Oglesby discusses her mother, a midwife, who died in 1920, recalls the adjustments that her family had to make in the wake of this death, and makes comment regarding memories of the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. She then names many of her siblings, and relates stories regarding their spouses.
31:29--Audio ends.
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