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‘dey called Sliekhead~ Mitchell, and he h8~d a plantation at ifelicon. ~prin~s. Mammy was a house gal and she said dey treated her ri~ht good. Now Daddy, he done field work. You know what field work is ‚ hoein‘ plowin‘ ‚ and things lak . When you was a sluve you had t o do anything and evvything your inarster told you to. You was jus‘ ‘bli~ed to obey your marster no matter what he said for ~rou to do. If you didn‘t, it was mighty bad for you. L:,T two oldest sisters was Fannie and Rena. Den come my brothers, Isaac ana. Bob, and my two youngest sisters, Luna and Violet. Dere iias seven of us in all.

t, ~3laves lived in rough little log huts daubed wld mud and de chiniblys was made out of sticks and redmud. %Ma~my said dat atter de slaves had done got through wid deir day‘s work and ~inished eatin‘ supper, dey all had to git busy workin‘ wid cotton. ~oiaie carded bats, some spinned. and some weaved cloth. I knows you is done seen dis here checkidy cotton homespun— dat‘s what dey weaved ror our dresses. Dein dresses was ruade tight and long, and dey made ‘ein right on de body so as not to waste none ofde cloth. ~ll slaves had was homespun clothes and old heavy brogan shoes.

	t? You‘ll be s‘prised at what Mammy told me ‘bout how she ~ot her lamm‘ • She said she kept a ‚sehool book hid in her ~ all de time and when~ de whit.e chillun. ~ot home froiri school