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	Interviewer	MIs s Irene Robertson

Person Interviewe d  ~ ~ ~
	Age ~ 6•O ?~	Hazen, Ar~an8T~~_

~ — — —	~ — — — — ~ — — — — — — ~ ~ ~ — — — ~ — ~ -.. — — — — — “My mother‘ 8 old owner named Mas ter Sanders • She born

somewhere In Tennessee. I heard her say she lived In Mississippi. I was born in Tennessee. My pa was born in Mississippi, I know he belong to the Duncans. • His naine George Washington Duncan. There ain‘t nary drap white blood in none us. I got four brothers. I do remembers grandma. She set and tell us tales bout old times like you want to know. Been so long I forgotten. Ma was a house girl and pa a field band. Way grandma talked it must of been hard to find out what white folks wanted em to do, cause she couldn‘ t te 11 what you say some times • She never did talk plain.
	“They was glad when freedom declared. Theysaid they was

hard on em. Whoop em. Pa was killedin Crittenden County in Arkans as • He • was ‘ new ground. A s torn come up and a limb hit him. It killed him. Grandma and ma allus say like if you bui ld a hous e you want to put all the winders in you ever goin‘ to want. It bad luck to cut in and. put in nother one. Sign of a death. I ain‘t got no business tellin‘ you bout that. White folks don‘t believe in signs.

	HI been raisin‘ up childern - ‘dopted childern, washin‘, ironin‘, scourin‘, hoein‘, gatherin‘ corn, pickin‘ cotton, patchin‘, cookin‘. They ain‘t nothin‘ what I ain‘t done.