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	Slave Interview	.	Page 8
	Rachel A. Austin		FEC
jacksonville, Florida


hia mother nor children could stop work to attend the funeral, ~ut after the Emancipation, he and a brother relurned, found “UncI~ Bob“ who helped bury hin~ and located his grave. Soon after he had. been given his freedom, “Parson“ walked from ~ Union Springs, Alabama where his last master had taken him— back to Macon, Georgia, and rejoined his mother, Rachel, his brothers, Samue 1 Augustus ‚ San Franci BOO ‚ Simon Peter, Lewis ‚ Carter, Powell Wendell and sisters, Lizzie and. Ann; they ail dropped

~ the name of their master, Lane, and took the nase of their grand— fat her, Andr ewe .

	“Parson“ possesses an almost uncanny memory and attributes it to his Inability to write things down and therefore being entirely dependent upon his memory. He had passed 30 years of age and had two children who could read and write before he could. His connection with Edward Waters College has given him a decided advantage for education and there are few things that he cannot discuss intelligently. He has come in contact with thousands of studente and ai]. of the ministers connected with the African Met~4djst Episcopal Church in the State of Florida and has attend-‘ ed all of the State and. General Conferences of this Church for the past half century. He has lived to be 85 years of age and says he will live until he is 106. This he Wil]. do because he diairns:

“Your life is in your hand“ and. tells these narratives as proof: