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Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89
Norman R. Yetman (editor); testimony of Lucretia Alexander · Interview recorded 1936-1938; published edition · Published edition (Yetman, Voices From Slavery)
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a free Indian named Washington
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- BT-EVD-00613Descendant Testimony
Lucretia Alexander is recorded in the narrative as aged 89 at the time of interview.
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- BT-EVD-00614Descendant Testimony
Lucretia names her mother as Agnes Tolliver.
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- BT-EVD-00615Descendant Testimony
Lucretia states that her mother Agnes was born in Washington County, Virginia, and was enslaved.
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- BT-EVD-00616Descendant Testimony
Lucretia states that Agnes's father was a free Indian named Washington, and that Agnes's mother was enslaved.
“a free Indian named Washington”
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- BT-EVD-00617Descendant Testimony
Lucretia remembers Agnes's first enslaver as a man she called Qualls Tolliver, who later moved to Mississippi.
“Qualls Tolliver”
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- BT-EVD-00618Descendant Testimony
Lucretia describes a man named Peach or Peachy Tolliver within the same ownership and family sequence, and says that after Qualls died Agnes was willed to Peachy.
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- BT-EVD-00619Descendant Testimony
Lucretia states that Susan Reed purchased her father for $1,500 after he had repeatedly run away from a previous enslaver.
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Lucretia Alexander is recorded in the narrative as aged 89 at the time of interview.
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Lucretia names her mother as Agnes Tolliver.
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Lucretia states that her mother Agnes was born in Washington County, Virginia, and was enslaved.
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“a free Indian named Washington”
Lucretia states that Agnes's father was a free Indian named Washington, and that Agnes's mother was enslaved.
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“Qualls Tolliver”
Lucretia remembers Agnes's first enslaver as a man she called Qualls Tolliver, who later moved to Mississippi.
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Lucretia describes a man named Peach or Peachy Tolliver within the same ownership and family sequence, and says that after Qualls died Agnes was willed to Peachy.
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Lucretia states that Susan Reed purchased her father for $1,500 after he had repeatedly run away from a previous enslaver.
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Norman R. Yetman (editor); testimony of Lucretia Alexander; Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89; Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives; Published edition (Yetman, Voices From Slavery).
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Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89
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- Norman R. Yetman (editor); testimony of Lucretia Alexander
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- Interview recorded 1936-1938; published edition
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- Published edition (Yetman, Voices From Slavery)
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- Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives
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Published edition of a public-domain federal narrative. DIRECT DESCENDANT TESTIMONY. This is Lucretia Alexander speaking about her own parents, grandparents, enslavers and migration. It is first-person family testimony, not independent civil, probate or church documentation. Nothing in it becomes a documented fact merely because it is specific. Page locators pending verification against the printed edition.
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Carter-Mills, Amberly R. "Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, ed. Norman R. Yetman — narrative of Lucretia Alexander, age 89." BEFORE TILL: The Living Evidence Archive. Version not yet assigned. Object BT-SRC-00610. Accessed 2026-09-24. /source/BT-SRC-00610.
Attribution: Amberly R. Carter-Mills, Founder, Creator & Descendant Archivist.
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