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~1-ii3 i~ ~ritten from an interview with eauh of the ~ollowtng~ ~eorge ~ ~_ ~110~a, Professor ‘r. s. Bcst 0:2‘ i~he Lincoln E~i~.h Sehool aM ~~muel Bell, ~Ji :~ Ev~nsvilie ‚ Inc~jana.


	George ~. Àruold ~as born AIDrII 7, 1861, in BeCt.ford County, Tennessee.

~	~7a~ the property of Oliver P. J~rnold., who owned. a large ~rm or plantation

n eaford county. 111is mother nas a native 0±‘ florne, Georgiä~)v1here she re.~

•iflC~ until t\velve ye~rs o~ ace, when she Vi&S sold. at auction.

	Oliver ~.rnoici bou~tht her, a:~ he also i~urch~se3. her three brothers aM ~e u:~le. The ±‘our negroes were t~:e:~ al~~ with other slaves from Georc.da

Tenre~see where they were :out to work 01; the Arnold p1~nt~Ltion.

	C~i this plantation George d. ~TflOlCL \~~S born and. the child was allowed. )o live in a cabin wIth his relatives aM d.eclares that he never heard one them st~eak an i,tn~:1n~ word about Master Oliver Arnold or any member of his mi.ly. ~ ana ~ontentrnent arid a reasonable amount o±~ ±~ood. and. clothes eined to be all we needed.,Tt ~ the now wh~.te-~haired man. ~ ~

Only a limited memory of Civil ~ar days is retained. by the old. man but

e ±~ew events recalled. are vividly describea by him. “Mother, my young brother

y Sister and. I were walking along one clay. 1 dontt remember where we had

tarted. but we passed under the ±1ort at ~Vartrace. A battlewa~J~n progress

ud. a large camion ~~as fired. above us and. we watched. the huge ball sail throu~

.	he air and saw the smoke o~ the cannon pass over our heads. ~7e poor chil~rer

re almost seareΠto d.eatli but our mother held. us close to her and. tried to r

~rifo:rt us. The next moriiing,a±~ter, We/ were sa~ély at honig, ‚we were proud

~	had. seen that much o~ the great battle ‘and. our mother told. us the war was

)	give:~~ freed.orn.TT

‘\ ~ your family x‘s j o ic~e when they we re set !re e ‘?~ was the natural question