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c~ •	A1LICE BATTLE ‚ EX~ SLAVE
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HÀ~ICINSVILLi~, GEORGIA

(m~ERviEwED BY ELiZABETH ~7AT3ON~ l~36)


:urTh~ the l84O‘~, Emanuel Caldwel1—‘~orn in North Carolinà, and iTeal Anne Cal~we1l~‘~orii in South Carolina, were ‘.rou~ht to Macon i;:: “specu1atorst‘ and sold to T‘~fr. EdMar~hc1 of Bi~&~ Cou.nty. Some

~iI:e thereafter, this couple married on Mr. Mar~al‘~ ~pl8nt~tion, :~llÛ their second chil~, ~orn a~sout 1SUO, was Alice Battle. ~‘:L~)m her ‘girth until freedom, Alice wa~ a chattel o±~ this Mr. T:~r~hai, whom she refers to as a hu.mane man, though inclined to

•~e the whip when occasion demanded.

~‘o1lowed to it2 concia~ion, Alice‘s li±~e history is void o±b thri1l~,~ ~nd ~im‘ply an a~era~e ex.~1ayeT~ story. A~ a ~la~e, she wa~ ‘wel1~ fet~I well clothed, and well treated, as viere her ‘*rother and ~i2ter
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~iaYes. ~:er mother wa~ a wearer, her f~ther~a field hand, ~nd

~	~id ~oth hQusewor~: and plantati~on l2~*or.

~	their famous

~ )ris)ner, Jeff Da~i~, after his capture4in ‘65. The Yankee ~and~ ~ ~ ~*‘~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ‚— ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. ~


~	~ e ‚ was Dl~.Yifl~ “We ‘Il hang Jeff DavLs onaSourApple T~i~T‘~

3~f.‘~e o~ the soldiers ~took time out“ to ro~ the Marshal ~raokehouse.

:~L~?~ ~ were all •~d1y fri~tened, ~ut the T‘dairiyankees
	d idn~thamno~ody „ .3	~ .

~iter freedom, Alice remained with the Marshals until Christmas, ~ n she moved away. Later, she and her Thinily moved ~sack to th~j :~rshal plantation for a fewyears. A few years still later, Alice ra~rried a Battle “Ei~~er“. ~