Former slave, Tempie Cummins, born in Brookeland, Texas, sometime before the Civil War. William Neyland owned her and her parents. Jasper, Texas June 4, 1937 Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives collections. Library of Congress

Former slave, Tempie Cummins, born in Brookeland, Texas, sometime before the Civil War. William Neyland owned her and her parents.

Jasper, Texas

June 4, 1937

Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project slave narratives collections.

Library of Congress

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