Opini~on ~ Slavery ...
			By ‚~	I.BaRoae
	.~ ~ ~.	Isiah Green - Ex~Slave
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AR EX-SLAVES OPINION OF SLAVERY




	I~ah Green, an ex—slave, still has a olar, agile mind. and. an intelligent ~nner. With his reddish brown complexion, straight hair ‚ an~1 high oliesk bones ‚ he reminds you. of an old Indian Chief, and he verifies the impression by telling you. that his grandfather was a full blooded. Indian

	Isaiah Qreen was born in 1856 at Greensboro, Ge. Cleary Ma‘lory Willis an d. Bob Henderson wer• his parents ‚ bu. t he did. not grow ;ip knowing the love and. care of a father, f‘r his father was sold. from his mother when he was only two years. Years ~.ter, his mother lost track of his father and. married. again. There were eleven children and. Isaiah was next to the youngest.
r‘__~__~ His master was Colonel Diok Willis, who with his wife ‘s~_~ Misa Sally“ managed. a plantation of 3,000 acres of land aM 150 slaves. Col. Willis had. seven ohild.ren, aU by a previ~ia marriage. Tb~ouighoat the State he was known for his wealth and. culture. ILls plantation extended up and d~n tk~ Oconee River.

Eis slave quarters were made up of r~s of 2-room log

cabins w.tth a different family occupying eaàh row. The fireplaces were built three and four feet in length purposely for cooking.

Tk~ furniture, consisting of a bed., table, ami chair, w&s mads from pine wood. and. kept clean by scouring with sand.. New mat— tresses and pillows were aad.e each spring from wheat straw.

.[~ ---- ~ Old. Uncle Peter, one of the Willis slaves, was a skilled. . carpenter and would go about building ho~s for other plantation

owners. Sometimes he was go~ as long as four or five months.
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