Druella Jones or Aunt Jonas, Alabama, 1915
Photograph of ex-slave Jones at the age of 94. She and two others were the only old slaves I found who were not loyal to their owners. During the [civil] war she tried to burn her master's house (Matthews).
Image Title
Druella Jones or Aunt Jonas, Alabama, 1915
RegID
SI-OB-558
Date
1915
Title
Druella Jones or Aunt Jonas, Alabama, 1915
Source
Essie Collins Matthews, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After: illustrated from photographs made by the author in the cabins and on the plantations (Columbus, Ohio, 1915)
Language
English
Item sets
Portraits & Illustrations of Individuals
Spatial Coverage
North America--Alabama
Reproduced In
Matthews, Essie Collins. Essie Collins Matthews, Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others: Character Studies Among the Old Slaves of the South, Fifty Years After: Illustrated Photographs Made by the Author in the Cabins and on the Plantations. Columbus, Ohio, 1915.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
NW0238