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3002 Short W. Ninth Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas






	‘~WeU ‚ I was here--i was born in 1842 ‚ Au~et the 4th. That makes me ninety—five in the clear. If I live till next ~August I‘ll be ninety—six.

“No ma‘ ara, I wa‘ t born in Arkansas, I was born in Alabama. I been in Arkansas bout torty or fifty years. I used to live in Mississippi I first left the old country.

“Oh yes ‘ni, I was bout big enough to go dunn‘ the War, but I wo‘ t off. Couldn‘ t a had no better master. That ‚ s the reason I ‘m livin‘ I do. Always took good care of myself. Never had. no exposure, nI ~ work fore the War, I‘ll says Done anything they said.

“J~ohn Carmichael was my old. master and Miss Nancy was old misais.

	“Oh yes ina‘am, I seed the Yankees. They stopped there. I wasn‘t askeered of nobody. I have went to the well and drawed water for em.

	ni member when the War was gwine on. I didn‘t know why they was fight in‘ . If I did I. done forgot-.-.I ‚ 11 be honest with you. I didu‘ t know

	it only they was fi glitin‘ . Most of my work was around the house ~ I never paid no tention to that war. I was livin‘ too fine them days. I ~as livin‘ a hundred days to the week. Yes ina‘aiii, I did get along f ines

	“Oh yes ma‘am, I had good white folks. I never was sold. No ma‘em, I was born right on the old home place.