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LOGGER'S SHEET  SI-FP-1987-CT-255

LOGGER: Mimi Minnick
REEL NUMBER: / side /
STAGE: Michigan narrative
DATE: 6/24/87
PRESENTOR: Benjamin Wilson
GROUP NAME: Fugitive Slave Narratives
REGION/STYLE: mecosta county; Lansing, Wakefield

PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 

Marguerite Berry Jackson - Lansing
Marie Cross Mecosta Country (N of Detroit)
(Sisters) 

CONTENTS
1. Intro
2. Ben wilson (fr fla) Detroit- black expercence- migration- slavery (fill 1790s) -underground RR
3. ((Descendants)) of fugitive slaves 
4. M.B Jackson- my grandfather (Fr, Missouri)Isaac Berry
5. Miss Detroit Candda Quacker help? no
6. {farming, pine slash'uns (stripped timberland)[[?]] crops, making shingles, lumber
7. cultural baggage: fiddle playing, dancing
8. Marie Cross - ancestors in Canada, Michigan
9. {chain migrations by hearsay country gathering of descendents 1934-present of slaves
10. {scholarships ($500) for black students in black history, to further our traditions
11. { quilt -"The Todd Family" (fr. Kentucky)- given
freedom for military service - quilt felt
family history
12. freedom for military service - quilt felts
family history
13. { Kin & community - reunion of cousins
intermarriage & integration - white, Indian, black 
integrated schools
a centennial book - our school, church, community
family bible
living in Indian shanties
midwives

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