DARE Interview : Madison, Florida; Primary Informant FL007

Fieldworker

Porter, Ruth

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• FL007: White; male; age: 68 (old); education: college; community type: village
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 0242-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Area settled by cotton plantations in 1820s, Madison became county "site"
• 03:20 Courtroom shooting in 1880s, role of area in Secession. Stronghold of antebellum culture
• 06:45 Describes last surviving plantation mansion and its owner, customs
• 10:15 Coming of above house's builder to area. Agrarian culture
• 12:15 Tape end