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LISTEN TO AUDIO	Open Audio Player http://multimedia.lsu.edu/louis/oral_histories/LSU/LSU_FCC/Martin.mp3
Title	Leonard Martin oral history interview (1 hour 30 min), 1993 Feb. 10.
Interviewee	Martin, Leonard, 1908-
Date(s) of interview	02/10/1993
Interviewer	Adrienne LaCour
Summary	The interview records Martin's account of the sale of his great-grandfather as a slave. Martin describes his education; his father's career as the first black schoolteacher in the area; work in sugarcane farming; a dance-hall operator, Alice LeBaude; forms of transportation, including buggy, jumper, and surrey; the marriage of his white maternal grandmother to a Native American; the hospitality of his white uncles; and his own long marriage.
Abstract	Martin discusses his work in Texas during slow times on the sugarcane farm, life in residence with his father, the use of drugs in Four Corners, All Saints Day, and his religion.
Biographical Information	Sugarcane farmer and great-grandson of a slave, Leonard Martin was a resident of Four Corners, Louisiana, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, Saint Mary Parish, Louisiana.
Subjects	Sugarcane--Louisiana. African Americans--Louisiana--Saint Mary Parish--Social life and customs. African American agricultural laborers--Louisiana. Sugar growing - Louisiana Slavery - Louisiana - Saint Mary Parish Saint Mary Parish (La.)--Social conditions Agricultural laborers - Louisiana African Americans--Education--Louisiana.
Digital Format	MP3
Digital Collection	Adrienne LaCour Four Corners of Louisiana Collection
Repository	Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/)
Repository Collection	Adrienne LaCour Series
Cite as	Leonard Martin Oral History Interview, Mss. 4700.0281, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
Restrictions	Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright is retained by interviewer and interviewee in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Contact and Ordering Information	E-mail lsudiglib@lsu.edu with questions or comments. See instructions for ordering reprints of this audio here: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/dupl.html#prices Mention the “Item number” or “Item URL” in your request.
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Collection URL	http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_LSU_FCC.php?CISOROOT=/LSU_FCC
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