Kitty Wilson-Evans
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- Historical interpreter
- Storyteller
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Kitty Wilson-Evans was an American historical interpreter and storyteller. She was noted for her educational performances about the lives of African Americans who were enslaved at Historic Brattonsville. For that work she researched and created a character who appeared in several books, plays, and in performances at various historical sites.
Wilson-Evans was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, to a family with 14 siblings. She grew up in Columbus, Georgia.[1]
Wilson-Evans worked as a kindergarten teacher until her retirement, after which she became a full-time historical interpreter.[1]
Historical interpreter
Wilson-Evans was the first African American interpreter at the Historic Brattonsville,[1] where she started working as a historical interpreter in the early 1990s.[2] There she portrayed a fictional character of her creation, meant to illustrate the life of an 18th-century slave.[2] In addition to historical re-enactments, she also gave tours of the slave residence at Historic Brattonsville.[3] She was an early practitioner of the idea of researching and creating the character of a fictional slave to dramatize the experiences of slaves on southern plantations at a historical site.[4] In addition to working as a full-time interpreter at Historic Brattonsville, she also performed on special occasions at other historical sites, such as the Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site[5] and the Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site.[6]