Mollie Williams

by Jasmine Yeates

Name of interviewee: Mollie Williams

Age at emancipation:  10 (approximate)

’Race’:  Black

Year of interview: 1937

Place of interview: Copiah County (2mi West of Terry)

State of interview: Mississippi

Place of enslavement: Utica, Mississippi

‘Occupation’: Domestic duties in the ‘Big House’ and Field Hand

‘Occupation’ of mother: Field Hand

‘Occupation’ of father: Field Hand

Size of slaveholding unit: small (less than 20)

Name of enslaver: George Newsome

Name of plantation/farm: Newsome Plantation

Crop produced on slaveholding unit: corn, potatoes, cotton

Name of interviewer: Iris England

Is there evidence of editing: Yes (3 revisions)