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Interviewer

Person interviewed

Age  82
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	.	           Caroline Watson
		517 L 21st Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas





	‚t ~ was born In ‚ 55 in March on the 13th on Sunday morning in time for

breakfast. I was born in Mississippi0 I never will forget my white folks.

Oh, I was raised good. I had good white folks. Wish I could see some of em now,

	“Well, I specs I do rexr~xnber when the war started0 I m~rxber when twas coin‘ on. Oh Lord, I member all boat it. Old mistress‘ name was Miss Ellen Shird..

	“Oh the Yankees used to come around. I can see us chillun sittin‘ on the gallery watohin‘ em. I disremember what color uniform they had on, but I seen a heap of em,

	“My old master, I can see hint now ~ old 3‘oe Shird. lust as good as they could be.

	t, I 8hoiild se~y I do remember when they surrendered. I know everybody was joyous. ~t they done better fore surrender than they did afterwards —~ that is them that had to go off to themselves~

	“1 was always so fast tryin‘ to work I wasn‘t studyixi‘ bout no books, but I went to school after surrender. My father and mother was smart old eolks and made us work.

	“1 just been married once. I did pretty well. I like to been married since he‘s dead but I seen so many didn‘t do so well. I has four sous and one daughter. My son made me q~uit workin‘. They gets me anything X want.