Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Bullitt, Thomas W., 1838-1910. Manuscripts, 1906-1907. 2 vols.
Call No.
Mss. A B937e 1
Content
This collection includes a typed draft of Bullitt's "My Life at Oxmoor," an account of his antebellum boyhood in Jefferson County, Ky. There are numerous references to the family slaves that relate to their duties, punishments, customs, faith and recreation. Bullitt wrote that "the negroes...were emotional" and "not well instructed in religious views", adding, "getting religion was a very sensational thing with them." He concludes, "Still they knew of God, and of Christ and of salvation." (p. 44)