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Oral History
Mrs. Ercelle Chillis
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- Title
- Mrs. Ercelle Chillis
- Description
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In this interview, the 109-year-old Mrs. Ercelle Chillis of James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina shared stories about her family's history and her life. Her interview opens with the story of her birth during a horrific South Carolina hurricane. She also shared the story of how her paternal grandfather walked with his family from Alabama to Charleston in the 1870s in a bid to hire a boat that would take him and his family to Africa!
Other story snippets included how she left James Island for New Jersey during the Great Migration and what life was like in the North -and what it was like to return to the Charleston area later in life. - interviewer
- Reverend Demett Jenkins
- interviewee
- Mrs. Ercelle Chillis
- Location
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Original Format
- Video
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- Centenarian Stories
Part of Mrs. Ercelle Chillis