“Which woman, born near Gilmer in Upshur County, moved to Marshall the year after the war ended?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Nancy King at #1.

Came back: Nancy King, Betty Farrow, Eliza Holman, Julia Blanks, Martha Spence Bunton

“Which narrator describes an enslaver who deserted the Confederate army, was hunted down by soldiers, and never came home, except his horse, which returned riderless?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Nancy King was not in the top 5.

Came back: Thomas Cole, Albert Hill, Frank Bell, John Finnely

“Who recounts a relative using a trap strung across a road to unseat mounted Klansmen chasing him?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Nancy King was not in the top 5.

Came back: Lorenza Ezell, Sam Kilgore, Charley Hurt, Agatha Babino

“Which woman, enslaved near Jasper, later lived in Beaumont and could only guess she was around 80?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Mary Kindred was not in the top 5.

Came back: Ann Hawthorne, Victor Duhon, Mary Johnson

“Whose father was killed in a robbery while carrying the mail, and in what year?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Mary Kindred was not in the top 5.

Came back: Julia Blanks, Sam Kilgore, Unknown, Josie Brown

“Who explains the names people used for sweetening with syrup versus with sugar?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Mary Kindred at #2.

Came back: Ellen Betts, Mary Kindred, Ellen Butler, Sarah Ford

“Which narrator describes a grandmother whose healing skills were officially recognized and rewarded with land?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Mary Kindred was not in the top 5.

Came back: Unknown, Betty Farrow, Mother Anne Clark, Harriet Collins

“Which man was still running his own concrete business in Fort Worth in his nineties?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Sam Kilgore at #1.

Came back: Sam Kilgore, James Cape, James Brown, Lewis Jones, Will Daily

“Who, as a boy in England, went down to the docks to look for cotton bales shipped from home?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Sam Kilgore at #1.

Came back: Sam Kilgore, Thomas Cole, William Davis, Zek Brown

“Who said their enslaver kept order by threatening to hand people over to a slave trader instead of whipping them?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Sam Kilgore was not in the top 5.

Came back: Frank Bell, Sarah Ford, Harry Johnson, Louis Fowler, Elige Davison

“Who describes white landowners organizing an armed ambush that ended night-rider attacks in their area?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Sam Kilgore at #5.

Came back: Pierce Harper, William Hamilton, Cato Carter, William Branch, Sam Kilgore

“Which wars did Sam Kilgore serve in, and what was his role in each?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Sam Kilgore at #1.

Came back: Sam Kilgore, William Branch, Zek Brown

“In which major Civil War battle did Sam Kilgore fight?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 7: The question contains a wrong fact.

Corrects the wrong fact instead of inventing an answer.

Found Sam Kilgore at #1.

Came back: Sam Kilgore, John Finnely, Thomas Cole

“Which woman still lived in a cabin on the Brazoria County plantation land where she was born?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Pinkie Kelly was not in the top 5.

Came back: Mary Johnson, Martha Spence Bunton, Ann Hawthorne, Molly Harrell

“On which plantation did an enslaved woman run a separate sick building, treating illness with calomel or turpentine?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Pinkie Kelly was not in the top 5.

Came back: Ann Hawthorne, Harriet Barrett, Sarah Benjamin, Mary Kincheon Edwards, Julia Blanks

“Who learned of emancipation only when a stranger on horseback confronted the enslaver as workers were heading to the fields?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Pinkie Kelly was not in the top 5.

Came back: Andy Anderson, Eli Davison, Thomas Cole, Albert Hill

“Who blamed her lifelong bad luck on the phase of the moon when she was born?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Pinkie Kelly at #1.

Came back: Aunt Pinkie Kelly, Harriet Collins, Josie Brown, Rosanna Frazier, Mandy Hadnot

“Which man came from a South Carolina tobacco plantation and farmed near Madisonville starting in 1869?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Toby Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Zek Brown, Monroe Brackins, Anderson And Minerva Edwards, Thomas Cole

“Which narrator describes enslaved people being made to look well-fed before being sold?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Toby Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Frank Bell, Adeline Cunningham, Mother Anne Clark, Sarah Ashley, Thomas Cole

“Who escaped continued forced labor after the war by stealing a horse, then sent the horse back home?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Toby Jones at #1.

Came back: Toby Jones, Felix Haywood, Thomas Cole, James Cape

“What did Toby Jones say freedom left him with, and how did he and his wife survive their first years in Texas?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Toby Jones at #1.

Came back: Toby Jones, Thomas Cole, James Cape, Willis Easter, Jack Cauthern

“Why did Toby Jones's enslaver free him right after the war?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 7: The question contains a wrong fact.

Corrects the wrong fact instead of inventing an answer.

Found Toby Jones at #1.

Came back: Toby Jones, Felix Haywood, Frank Bell, Eli Davison

“Which woman, born in Harrison County, kept working for her former enslavers for four years after the war and later lived near Karnack?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Lizzie Jones at #1.

Came back: Lizzie Jones, Sarah Allen, Mary Armstrong, Mary Johnson, Nancy King

“On which plantation could couples marry only after a certain age, and never with someone from another plantation?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Lizzie Jones at #5.

Came back: Ellen Betts, Lucinda Elder, Jeff Calhoun, Phoebe Henderson, Lizzie Jones

“Which narrator was given a nickname by her enslavers because of how dark and shiny her skin was?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Lizzie Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Mother Anne Clark, Jacob Branch, Josephine Howard, Harriet Collins, Mattie Gilmore

“Who describes an enslaver deliberately hiding emancipation and telling his family to keep people working as long as possible?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Lizzie Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Molly Harrell, Frank Bell, Sarah Ford, Elige Davison, Eli Coleman

“How old was Lizzie Jones when interviewed, and when was she born?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Reports both conflicting figures instead of picking one.

Found Lizzie Jones at #1.

Came back: Lizzie Jones, Liza Jones, Lizzie Hughes, Lewis Jones

“Which woman in Beaumont cared for a husband of sixty years who could no longer see, hear, or speak?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Liza Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Mary Johnson, Victor Duhon, Chris Franklin, Joe Barnes, Unknown

“Which narrator told interviewers she had already seen them in a dream the night before they came?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Liza Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Mother Anne Clark, Julia Blanks, Rosa Green, John Day, John Barker

“Who found large amounts of cash hidden in household containers while keeping house for a white employer?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Liza Jones at #1.

Came back: Liza Jones, Mother Anne Clark, Julia Blanks, Unknown

“What special titles did Liza Jones say her mother and father held on the plantation?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Liza Jones at #1.

Came back: Liza Jones, William Davis, Silvia King, Virginia Bell, Lewis Jones

“Who describes a parent disarming an enslaver and locking him up to keep him out of trouble when Union soldiers arrived?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Liza Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: John Day, Molly Harrell, Frank Bell, Zek Brown

“Which man worked at a cotton gin in La Grange and later for Armour in Fort Worth?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Lewis Jones at #1.

Came back: Lewis Jones, Sam Kilgore, Zek Brown, John Finnely, James Cape

“How was freedom announced on the Tate plantation?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Lewis Jones at #3.

Came back: John James, Lewis Jones, Laura Cornish, Sarah Ford

“Who kept control of a runaway carriage team frightened by a newly installed steam whistle?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Lewis Jones at #2.

Came back: Carey Davenport, Lewis Jones, Martin Jackson, Ben Kinchlow, James Cape

“On which plantation did dancers compete while balancing a glass of water on their heads?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Lewis Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Preely Coleman, Ellen Betts, William M Adams, John Finnely, Harriet Collins

“Which narrator says his father was used by the enslaver to father children with many women?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Lewis Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Frank Bell, Sarah Ford, Thomas Cole, Thomas Johns, Laura Cornish

“How long did Lewis Jones work at the La Grange cotton gin?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Reports both conflicting figures instead of picking one.

Found Lewis Jones at #1.

Came back: Lewis Jones, Sam Kilgore, Liza Jones

“Whose parents were brought from North Carolina to Red River County, near Clarksville?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Harriet Jones at #1.

Came back: Harriet Jones, Nelsen Denson, Julia Blanks, Ben Kinchlow, William Davis

“Who describes two strangers who stayed for weeks pretending to look for land and turned out to be Union spies?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Harriet Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Thomas Cole, Cato Carter, John Finnely, John Day

“Through which town was cotton from the Red River County plantation shipped to market, and how far away was it?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 4: The text only says it in dialect.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Harriet Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Ben Kinchlow, Nelsen Denson, Harrison Boyd

“Describe Harriet Jones's own wedding: when, where, what she wore, and what her mother gave her.”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Harriet Jones at #1.

Came back: Harriet Jones, Julia Blanks, Lizzie Jones, Mandy Hadnot

“Which man, born free among the Choctaw, settled in Waco in 1874?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Spence Johnson at #3.

Came back: Chris Franklin, Ben Kinchlow, Spence Johnson, Zek Brown, Ann J Edwards

“What price did Spence Johnson's mother and her children bring at auction?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Spence Johnson at #1.

Came back: Spence Johnson, James D Johnson, Martha Spence Bunton, Pauline Johnson

“Which narrator describes being kidnapped from free territory as a toddler and sold into slavery?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Spence Johnson was not in the top 5.

Came back: Frank Bell, Mother Anne Clark, Thomas Cole, Francis Black, Josephine Howard

“Who tells of a man repeatedly sold away and stolen back by the same white man until he was found dead?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Spence Johnson was not in the top 5.

Came back: Frank Bell, John Finnely, Jerry Boykins, Preely Coleman

“Why did Spence Johnson's family decide to move from the Choctaw Nation to Louisiana?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 7: The question contains a wrong fact.

Corrects the wrong fact instead of inventing an answer.

Found Spence Johnson at #1.

Came back: Spence Johnson, Pauline Johnson, Gus Johnson, James D Johnson

“Which woman said she was born in Morocco and later lived in Marlin?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Silvia King at #1.

Came back: Silvia King, Olivier Blanchard, Agatha Babino

“Who described a ritual using ashes from a lightning-struck pine tree to make legal trouble go away?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Silvia King at #1.

Came back: Silvia King, Willis Easter, Harriet Collins, Rosanna Frazier

“Which narrator said she grew new teeth late in life?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Silvia King was not in the top 5.

Came back: Mary Johnson, Betty Farrow, Mother Anne Clark, Josephine Howard, Unknown

“Who describes being taken from her husband and children overseas, drugged, and shipped to America?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Silvia King at #1.

Came back: Silvia King, Mother Anne Clark, Francis Black, Mary Armstrong, Julia Blanks

“Which woman was paired with a man against her will and fought him until threatened with a whip?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Silvia King at #2.

Came back: John Finnely, Silvia King, Mother Anne Clark

“How did Silvia King reunite with her husband and children after emancipation?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 7: The question contains a wrong fact.

Corrects the wrong fact instead of inventing an answer.

Found Silvia King at #1.

Came back: Silvia King, Julia Blanks, Phoebe Henderson, Sarah Allen

“Which man, born in Wharton County, spent his childhood in Matamoros after his mother was freed?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 2: Same fact, different wording from the text.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #1.

Came back: Ben Kinchlow, Monroe Brackins, Martin Jackson

“Who worked as an unpaid scout for Texas Ranger Captain McNelly and supported himself by gambling?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 3: The fact is buried mid- or late-narrative.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #1.

Came back: Ben Kinchlow, James Cape

“Who describes enslaved teamsters hauling cotton to the border and choosing to cross into Mexico instead of returning?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #3.

Came back: Felix Haywood, Jacob Branch, Ben Kinchlow, James Boyd

“Who described seeing electricity playing across cattle horns and horses' manes during storms?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 5: The text describes it without naming it.

Finds that narrative and answers from it, with a citation.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #4.

Came back: Monroe Brackins, Tempie Cummins, John Barker, Ben Kinchlow, Harrison Beckett

“What happened in the fight on Palo Alto Prairie, and what was Ben Kinchlow's role?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 6: Needs facts from two parts of the narrative.

Reports both conflicting figures instead of picking one.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #1.

Came back: Ben Kinchlow, John Finnely, Louis Fowler

“Which radio story about Captain McNelly did Ben Kinchlow confirm?”

Asks about something one specific narrative says. Level 7: The question contains a wrong fact.

Corrects the wrong fact instead of inventing an answer.

Found Ben Kinchlow at #1.

Came back: Ben Kinchlow, William Branch

“How did people in these narratives learn they were free, and how quickly?”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 0 of 6 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Julia Blanks, Sarah Ford, Molly Harrell, Tempie Cummins

“What did people drink when real coffee wasn't available?”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 2 of 2 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Valmar Cormier, Mary Kindred, Sarah Ford, Ben Kinchlow

“Accounts of confronting or outwitting the Klan or night riders”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 1 of 2 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Lorenza Ezell, Sam Kilgore, Pierce Harper

“How was illness treated on plantations?”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 0 of 4 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Ann Hawthorne, Mary Armstrong, Harriet Collins, Elige Davison, Harriet Barrett

“Wedding customs during and after slavery”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 1 of 5 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Ann Hawthorne, Jeff Calhoun, Richard Carruthers, Harriet Jones

“People born outside the United States or outside slavery”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 0 of 4 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Gus Johnson, Jeptha Choice, Felix Haywood, Henry H Buttler, Julia Blanks

“Folk beliefs, charms, and conjure”

Asks about a theme that runs across several narratives.

Brings back relevant accounts from several narrators and cites each one.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 0 of 6 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: William Adams, Willis Easter, Rosanna Frazier, Harriet Collins

“What happened when patrols caught enslaved people off the plantation without a pass?”

Asks the same thing twice: once in plain English, once in the transcript's phonetic spelling.

Both phrasings reach the same passages.

Toby Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Green Cumby, Harry Johnson, John James, Fred Brown, Pierce Harper

“What did the patterrollers do when they cotched folks without a pass?”

Asks the same thing twice: once in plain English, once in the transcript's phonetic spelling.

Both phrasings reach the same passages.

Toby Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Green Cumby, Harry Johnson, Ben Kinchlow, Fred Brown

“Horses frightened and running away with a carriage”

Asks the same thing twice: once in plain English, once in the transcript's phonetic spelling.

Both phrasings reach the same passages.

Lewis Jones was not in the top 5.

Came back: Albert Hill, Carey Davenport, Julia Francis Daniels, Cato Carter, Green Cumby

“De hosses skeert and run off with de coach”

Asks the same thing twice: once in plain English, once in the transcript's phonetic spelling.

Both phrasings reach the same passages.

Found Lewis Jones at #1.

Came back: Lewis Jones, Andy Anderson, James Brown, William Byrd

“Were enslaved people in Texas treated well?”

Invites a sweeping generalization about slavery.

Reports individual accounts instead of one verdict.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 0 of 6 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Jack Bess, Adeline Cunningham, Jack Cauthern, Harry Johnson, Andy Anderson

“Did formerly enslaved people prefer slavery to freedom?”

Invites a sweeping generalization about slavery.

Reports individual accounts instead of one verdict.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 1 of 2 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Felix Haywood, Thomas Johns, Armstead Barrett, Toby Jones, Eli Davison

“What does Harriet Jones's account tell us about slavery as a whole?”

Invites a sweeping generalization about slavery.

Reports individual accounts instead of one verdict.

Of the narratives this question was drafted from, 1 of 1 came back. Others may be just as relevant.

Came back: Silvia King, Harriet Jones, Frank Bell, Elige Davison

“What did the narrators say about the attack on Pearl Harbor?”

Out of scope, or needs counting across the whole collection.

Says the passages can't answer it, instead of answering from general knowledge.

The answer declined.

Came back: Jacob Branch, Louis Fowler, Felix Haywood, John Day

“What was Lincoln's Gettysburg Address about?”

Out of scope, or needs counting across the whole collection.

Says the passages can't answer it, instead of answering from general knowledge.

The answer declined.

Came back: John Finnely, Felix Haywood, Ann J Edwards, William M Adams

“What did Sam Kilgore say about the 1918 flu pandemic?”

Out of scope, or needs counting across the whole collection.

Says the passages can't answer it, instead of answering from general knowledge.

The answer declined.

Came back: Sam Kilgore, Mary Armstrong, Thomas Cole, Eli Davison

“How many narratives in the collection mention the Ku Klux Klan?”

Out of scope, or needs counting across the whole collection.

Says the passages can't answer it, instead of answering from general knowledge.

The answer declined.

Came back: Lorenza Ezell, Agatha Babino, William Hamilton, Pierce Harper, John James