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		Interviewer	Bernice Bowden
	-	Person Interviewed	Henrietta Rails
			1711 Fluker St.
		Age  ~	Pine Bluff ‚ Ark,





	“Yes ina‘arn, I was here in slavery times. I wa~ born In

Mississippi, Lee County, March 10, 1850. Come to Arkansas when

I wa~ ten years old. Had to walk, My old master waa Hen.r~y Rails.

Sometimes we jump up in the wagon axid he ‚ d whip us out. ttMy old mistes name was Drunetta. She was good to us.

We called her Miss Netta. Old master was mean, He‘d whip us. One day he come along and picked up sand and throwed it in my eyes. He was a mean old devil. He thought I was scared of him. Case I was. That was before the war.
	‚t I re collect when the Yankees come • I knowed they was

a‘ridin‘. White folks made me hide things. I hid a barrel of wool once ~ put meal on top. They‘d a‘took it ever bit if they could have found it. They wanted chickens and milk. They‘d take things they wanted - they would that. Would a‘taken ever bit of our wool if they could have found it. -

	~‘They wouldn‘t talk to old mistes ~ just talk to me and ask where things was • She ithi‘ t notice them and they dn‘ t notice her,

	tu reckon the Lord Intended for the Yankees to free the people. They was fightin‘ to free the people.

	“I hear em say war Is still goin‘ on in the world.