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was seven of us chillun : me and Viola ‚ Lula ‚ Fannie ‚ Rena ‚ Bob,.. and Isaac. Chillun what warn‘t big ‘nough to wuk In de fields or In de house stayed ‘round de yard and played in de sand piles wid. de white chillun.


tSlaves lived in mud-daubed log huts what had chimblies rnadeout of sticks arid mud. Lordy lioneyl Dem beds was made wid big high poaties and strung wid cords for springs. Folks never had rio wire bedsprings dem days. Our mattresses was wheat straw put in ticks made out of coarse cloth what was wove on de loom right dar on de plantation.


“I don‘t know nothin‘ ‘bout what my grandrnamtnies done in slav‘ry time. I never seed but one of ‘em, and. don‘t ‘member much ‘bout her. I was jus‘ so knotty headed I never tuk in what went on ‘cause I never ‘spected to be axed to tell ‘bout dem days.


~‘Money~ Oh-h-h, no Ma‘am I never seed no money ‘tu I was a great big gal. My white folks was rich and fed us good. Dey raised lots of hogs and give us plenty of bread and meat wid milk and butter and ail sorts of veget8bles. Marster had one big garden and dere warn‘t nobody had more good vegetables dan he fed to his slaves. De cookin‘ was done in open fireplaces and most all de victuals was biled or fried. Us had all de ‘possums, squirrels, rabbits, and tish us wanted cause our inarster let de mens go huntin‘ and flahin‘ lots.