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	Interviewei‘	Miss Irene Robertson

Peraon	interviewed     Dora Jerman, ?orrest City~ A~1ca~8as

	Age   60






	ni was born at Bow..and~arrow, Arkansas. Sid McDaniel owned my father.

Mother was Mary Miller and she married Pete Williexus from Tennessee0

Grandma lived with us till she died. She used to have us ait around handy

to thread her needles0 She was a great hand to piece quilts. Her and Aunb

Polly both. aunt Polly was a friend that was sold with her every tune.

They	was like sisters and the most pleasure to each other in old age, “My great~reat—~randma said to grandma, tHu.rry back wid that pitcher

of water, honey, so you will have time to run by and seed your mama and the children and tell them ~ood—bye . Old master says you coing to be sold . early in the mornthg.‘ The water was for supper. That was the last time she ever seen or heard of any of her own kin folks. Grandma said a gang of them was sold next morning. Aunt Polly was no kin but they was sold together. Whit— field bought one and Strum bought the others

	“They come on a boat from Virginia to Aberdeen, Mississippi. They wouldn‘t sell her mother because she brought fine children. I think she said they had a regularstock man. She and Aunt Polly was sold several tifllê8 and to~ether till freedom. When they ~ot off the boat they had to walk a right smart ways and grandma‘s feet cracked open and bled. ‘Black ~j~iy‘ wrapped her feet up in rags and. greased them with hot tallow or mutton suet and told her not to cry no more, be a good. girl and mind master and mistress.