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	Interviewer	Miss IreneRobertson

Person	interviewed    Diana Rankin~, Brln]ciey, Arkax~sas

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	“I was born at ~.r1ington, Tennessee but ~ien I was a chile the depot was called With. My parents‘ name Sarah arid Solomon Green. There was seven girls and one boy of us. My sister died last year had two children ol d as I . I was the youngest chile • Folks mated younger than they do now and seem like they had better times when there was a bi g family0

	“Adam Turnover in Charleston, South Carolina owned my papa. When he died they sold him. He was one year and 8ix months old ~ien he was sold.

	“I think S. C. Bachelor, around Brownsville, Tennessee, owned rnsma tirst~ She said they put her upon the block and sold her and her mother was crying. The man after he sold her ask her if she didn‘ t want him to sell her. She said she didn‘t care but said ~he knowed she was afraid to say she cared cause she was crying. She r~ver seen her mama no more. She was carried off on a horse. She was a little girl then. General Hayes bought her and he bought papa too. They played together. General Hayes made the little boys run races so he could see who could run the fastest.

	“Papa said they picked him up and carried him oft. He said they pressed him into the breastworks of the war. He didn‘t want to go to ware Mi~ Hayes kept him hid out but they stole him and took him to fight.

He cor~je home, He belong to J~ack Hayes, Genera]. Hayes‘ son. They called hirn Mr. ~Tack or Mr. Hayes when freedom come. Mr. Jack sent him to Corno~ Mississippi to work and. to Duncan, irkansas to work his land.