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Amoi~g these few rsnaiairig p•rBOflS who hay. lived 1oi~g .*ough to till

of ioms of their sxpertences during the reign of “King‘Slavery‘ in the Ukited States is one Mrs. Amanda McDaniel.

	.	As she sat on thi porch in the glare of the warm October aun. ehe prs.. sented. a perfect picture of the old Negro Maiwny c~aonly seen thirix~g the deys of elavsry. She ~niled as skis expectorated a large ~o~nt of the snuff ehe was chewing and. began her story in the following ~.nner: ‘1 was born in Wateonvills, Georgia in 1850. My mother‘s name was Matiltta Hale anti ~y father was Gilbert Whitl.w. My mother and father ~ belonged. to different aa~ter‘s, but the plantations that they li~ed on were near each other and. so my father was allowed. to visit us often. 1(y mother had two other girls who were ~ halt.

sisters. Tou see—- n~y mother was sold. to the speculator in Virginia ath brought to Georgia where she ~s sold to Mr. Kale, who was our master ~mti1 freedom was declared.. Thin she was sold. to the speculator the two girls who were jay I~alf..sietera had to be sold with her becauss they ~re too you~ to be separated. from their mother. My father, Gilbert Ihitlew, was my mother‘s second husband.

Mr. Kale, OUX‘ master, was not rich like some of the other planters in I the coi~atinity. His piantation was s small on. an~ h. only had eight servants

~: who were all womin. Re vasi5Pt able to hire an overseer and. all of the heavy t~ work such as the plowing was done by his eons. Mrs. Hals did ai]. of her own

~	cooking and. that of the slaves too. In all Mr. Kale had eleven children. I

~i had to nm‘se three of them before I was old .noiagh t. go to the field to work.1 L_~~ When asked to t.ll *bout the kind of work the slave. bad. to do Mrs. Mc-

Daniel said:	Our folk. had to get i~p at four o‘clock svery morniiig ~th feed