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	Person interviewed~	~ Rob~ixia~op~
2500 W. Tenth street, Little Rock, Arkansas
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	“I was born in Gaihoun County, Arkansas in 1860, January 15th. 1 a~n goùi~ according to what my daddy told me and nothing else. That is all I could do.


How the ~huldren Were Fed

	“‘My grandmother on ray mother‘ s si de said when I was a little fellow. that she was a cook and that she would bring stuff up to the cabin where the little ni~gers were locked up and feed them through ~ the crack. She would

hide it underneath her apron. ~3he wasn‘t supposed to do it. All the little nig~ers were kept In one house when the old folks were working in the field. There were six or seven of us.


Sold

	“My daddy was a white maxi, my master. His wife was so mean to rue that

ray master sold rae to keep her from beating me and. kicking me and knocking me
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‘round. She would have killed rae it she could have got the chance.[~ sold

r~ie to a preacher who raised rae as though I were his own son. Whenever he sEit down to the table to eat, I sat down. He made no difference at all, He raised me in ~l Dorado, Arkansas. His name was James Goodwin. He sent me to school too. ~