Interview with Rachel Fisher, Isaiah Fields, August 30, 2010

Project: Bourbon County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this interview Mrs. Rachel Fisher describes living in Brentsville, Kentucky all her life. Her son, Isaiah Fields, also describes living in Brentsville after living in Indiana and serving in the military. Brentsville, Kentucky is a small African American community in Bourbon County that may have existed since the end of slavery in Kentucky.

Interview Accession

2010oh139_bcaa002

Interviewee Name

Rachel Fisher

Isaiah Fields

Interviewer Name

Kellie Scott

Reinette F. Jones

Interview Date

2010-08-30

Interview Keyword

African Americans African Americans in Kentucky Bourbon County, Kentucky Brentsville, Kentucky family family land Hamlet Integration Mothers Paris, Kentucky Race relations rural communities Segregation sons

Interview LC Subject

African American families Bourbon County (Ky.) Fields, Isaiah Fields, Isaiah--Interviews Fisher, Rachel Fisher, Rachel--Interviews African Americans

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Fisher, Rachel Interview by Kellie Scott. 30 Aug. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Fisher, R. (2010, August 30). Interview by K. Scott. Bourbon County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Fisher, Rachel, interview by Kellie Scott. August 30, 2010, Bourbon County, Kentucky African American Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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