Lottie Young

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Title

Lottie Young

Subject

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

Description

Lottie Young is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on June 4, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Young was born in 1886 and her father had been a slave. She recalls growing up without clothes to go to church and no shoes. She and her siblings were educated through eighth grade and then went to work in the fields. Young describes some of the jobs they had to do such as grubbing and making molasses. Young remembers working for Ness Brothers as a cloth cutter and after her children were out of the home she raised the children of another family.

Creator

Edward Clark Smith

Source

HL_MSS98-03_Smith_Young_1987-06-04

Date

06.04.1987

Rights

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Format

Language

en-US

Type

Oral History

Coverage

Buncombe Co. 1890s-1980s