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STAPE---Arkansas

NJt1~ OF ~4ORI~Eti--Samuel S. Taylor

ADDRESS-‘-L I tt le Rock ‚ Arkans as

D~ITE-~December, 1938 ~

SUBJECT—-Ex-~slave

KA1~ AND JLDDRE3S OF INFORi~T~Jeff Bailey, 713 W. ~inth
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	“I was born in Mcnticello. I was raised there. Then I carne up to Pine Bluff and stayed there thirty-~two years. Then I cane up here and. been here thirty—twa years. That i~ the reason the white Ibiks so ~od~ to me now. I been here so long. I been a hostler all my life. I am the best hostler in this State. 1 go down to the post office they give me money. These white folks here is good to me.
	“That you. writin‘ down? Yes, that‘s w1~at I said. like me and t1~iy ~od to me. They give me anything I drink? That‘s the best bon~ied whiskey money can buy. Well, 1f you don‘t want it now, come in when you do.

	“I lost mywife right there in that corner. 1 was married ~just once. Lived with her forty—three years. She died. here five tnonths ago. Josie Bailey The white folks thought the world and all of her. That is another
These white folks want. Ïou want a

They gives it to me.
She was one of the best ~men I ever seen.
reason they give me so much.
	“I gits ten dollars a month. The check comes right up to the house. I used. to ~rk with all them money men. Used to handle ail them horses at the poet office. They ought to give me sixty—five dollars but they don‘t. But I gits along. God is likely to 1ezri~e live ten years longer. I worked