Hannah (Brooks) Wright (1853)

Born 1853 in Mississippi, United States

Died [date unknown] in Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Hannah (Brooks) Wright is a part of US Black heritage.

Hannah Brooks Wright was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in about 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person. The typescript is stamp date May 11, 1938.

"I was born in slavery times. I was born on Elsa Brooks' plantation in Mississippi."

"I used to sit on the lever a many a day and drive the mule at the gin. You don't know anything 'bout that, do you?"

"Our folks stayed with old missis as long as they lived. My mammy cooked and I stayed in the house with missis and churned and cleaned up. Old master was named Tom Brooks and her name was Elsa Brooks."

"I was the oldest one in my mammy's family."

"I own this place if I can keep payin' the taxes."

Hannah does not give the names of any family members in her interview.

Slave Owners

1. Tom Brooks

Interview: Hannah Brooks Wright was interviewed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by Mrs. Bernice Bowden as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Hannah Brooks Wright - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 7; pages 249-251 images 254-256 of 262.