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	Aunt Jane was born on the G~u11att Plantation on the line of ‘~ii1kes and Lincoln counties. Her I~1other was ‚Liza Gu.llatt and her father ~o1m Mickens who lelonged to Mr. augustus I~IcMekin. “Yassum, lily Pa ~uz John ‘Mickens an‘ his J~Iarster bought him in A1abam~. All de slaves whut belonged to de i~[cJ~ekins oalled deyselves ‘Mickens. I wuz one of fifteen chillun an? ~ er long in betweenst de oldest tj~t~ ~e de youngest su.m‘ers. I ‘v~uz named fer ray Mistess Jane Gtillatt whut died. Young Marse G~eorge Gullatt choosed me out, dough, an~ Pd er be~ his‘en ef Freedom ha d‘ t er c orne . You know dat ? ~ d e way d ey us e t er d o bac k in slavery time, de young Mistesses an‘ Marsters choosed oat de little niggers dey wanted fer their‘n.“

	~	This is another case where the father and Mother belonged to different families. The father had a pass to go and come as he pleased, although his family lived a little distance away. Jane said her father‘s master would have bought her mcther i±~ the War hadn‘t come on and they were set frée.

	Jane told of the log cabins in the Quarters where all the negroes lived. She said they were all in a row “wid er street in de front, er wide street all set thick wid white mul— berry trees fer ter inak‘ shady fer de chillun ter play in.“ They
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never had any punishment 44 switchings by their ~iistess, and

that was not often. ~ ~ They played dolls, “us had home—made rag dolls,. nice ‘uns, an‘ we‘d git dem long grass piumes (Pampas grass) an‘ mak‘ dolls out‘n dexntoo. ~ Us played all day long every day.