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got married. Xw~s deir only boy and I was de baby ahile, but ~ dey had four ~is older‘n me . Dey was : Gordelia ‚ Anna ‚ . Par~ thene, ~:jfld Eus. Ella was named for ~1arse ~rank‘s onliest chue, little Mss Ellen, and our little Miss was sho a gpod. little chile.

“Daddy made de shoes for all de slaves on de
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plantation and Mammy was called ~eho~se ‘oraan. She done de

cookin‘ up at de big ‘ouse, and ~nade de cloth for her own fambly‘s clothes, and she was so smart us allus had. plenty t‘eat and wear. I was little and stayed wid. Mainnyup at d.e big ‘ouse and jus‘ played all over it and all de folkses up der petted iae. Aunt Taiua was a old slave too old to wuk. She was all de tinte cookin‘ gingerbread and hidin‘ it in a little trunk what s‘ot by de fireplaøe in her rooni. ~ When us chillun was good Aunt Tame give us ~~erbread, but it us d.jdn‘t mind wI:wt she said, us didn‘t €:it none. Aunt Tame had de rheumati~ and walked vid a stick and I could git in dat trunk jus‘ ‘bout anytime I wanted to. I h‘ did. git ‘bout evvyt1iin~ dem other‘
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chillun had ‚ swappin‘ Aunt ~i‘ s gingerbread . . ~When our ~ wh ite • . folkses went off, Aunt Tarna toted de keys, and she evermore did mal ~ dem Niggers stand ‘round. Marse Frank jus‘ laughed when dey ~nade coraplaints ‘bout her.

	“In surwnertirae dey cooked peas and other vegttables for us chillun in a wasilpot out in de yard in de shade, and us et out of de pot wid our wooden spoons. Deyjus‘ give u~s wooden bowls full of bread anc~ milk for supper.