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	Interviewer	Mra.BerniceBowden
~ ~ ~ \ p.r~o~ Interviewed	—~--—	Cinda ~oh~naon	u	—
.‚~ ~	-~- 506 E. Twenty, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
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	“Yes rna‘m, this Is Cinda. Yes‘m, I remember seem‘ the soldiers but I didn‘t know what they was dom‘. You know old folks didn‘t talk in front of chiiltins like they does now ~— but I been here. I got great grand chillun ~ boy big enut to chop cotton. That‘s my daughter‘s daughter‘s chile. Now you kn~ I been here.

	“I heered em talkin‘ bout treedom. My mother emigrated here drectly after freedom. I was born in Alabama. When we come here ‚ I know I was big enuf to clean house and milk cows. My mother died when I was bout fifteen. She called me to the bed and tole me who to stay with. I been treated bad, but I‘m still here and I thank the Lord lie let me stay.

	“I been married twice. My first husband died, but I didn‘t have no graveyard love. I‘m the mother of ten whole chillun. All dead but two and only one of them or any service to ~. That‘s my son. He‘s good to IDO and does what he can but he‘s got a temily. My d.aughtera~in~.. law —~ all she does is straighten her hair and look cute.

	*One o~ my sous what died belonged to the Odd Fellows and I

bought this place with insurance. I lives here alone In peace. Yea, honey, I been here a long tir~.~