Houston Hartsfield Holloway papers, 1894-1932.

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Holograph autobiography in which Holloway recounts his life as a slave in Meriwether and Pike counties, Georgia, before and during the Civil War, and as a blacksmith and African Methodist Episcopal clergyman during the Reconstruction era and through 1910. Holloway's recollections include work chants, hymns, and social customs from his years as a slave and his work organizing congregations and building churches as a clergyman in Georgia. Includes a note (1932) regarding the autobiography, photocopies of the autobiography and note, and a photocopy of a photograph (1894) of Holloway.

Slave prior to the Civil War and emancipation and later a blacksmith and clergyman from Georgia.

Collection material in English.