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Folkiors

References

	(A ) 1~~r • Mittie Blakeley -Ex-slave-

2065 Columbia Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana.

	( B ) Arma Pritohett ~Federa1 Writer-‘

1200 Kentucky Avenue ‚ Indianapolis ‚ Indiana.



Mrs• Blakeley ~a born, in Oxford, Missouri1 in I858~ () Her mother died when Mittie wis a baby, and she ~s taken

into the “big house“ and brour~ht up ~rith the white children. She waa always treated very kindly. (A)

	Her duties were the iig~ht ohores, which had to be v~efl done, or 8he ~s chidad, the sa~ as the white children would lave been~ (A)

	Every evening the children bad to oofleot the eggs • The child, ivho brought in the most eggs, would get a ginger cake. Mitti.

most always ~ot the cake • (A)

	i~er older brothers and sisters ~re treated very rough, whipped often and hard. She said t~he hated to think, muah lees talk about their awftU treatment • (A)

.	When ehe was old enough, she would have to spin the wool for
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