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~reW older ~en she was forced to do all kinds of outdoor labor. ~e ~ememb~~ ~a~ir~g logs iii. the ~flOW all ~:1ay. In the ~uznu~er she pitched hay )r any other mari‘ s worI~ in the f leid • She was trained to C arry three buckets of ~rater at the ~axne time, two in her ahands and one on her head ~~dsaid she could still dolt.

	On this plantation the chief article of food ~‘or the s1ave~ was bran‘ bread, a‘though the master1$ children were hind and often slipped them o~t meat O~ other food.

	Mrs. Cairo remembered seeing General VToolforcl and Gener~l ~organ of~ the southern forces when thEY ~jnade f~fl(3~y ~j~1tS to the ~1antati0fla She saw General Gr~nt ~tvrice during the war. ~he ~aw ~Idiers ~~iing. near the

~ p1antati0r~. Later • she was caught and whipped by ~j~it riders, or “pat~‘a‘ rollers“, a~ she tried to slip out to neCro ~e1igiOU8 ~e~tingS.

i•~ Mrs. dave was driven frOl3a her plantation two years ~ after the war and

---	to çarroUton ~entuCIÇY, vthere she found her mother and s~Ofl married ~aes 0a‘te, a former s1a~e on a plantation near hers in Ta~r1or county. ~ Mrs.
	had th~rteefl,‘ ~9~ii~AreU. . ~	‚ ~ ~	~

‘:~~ :For mary years ~itrs. Ca~ lias ~ii~ed on a farm about tWO and one half mi. ~th of Ri$iU€ ~ ~verythifl~ she had. was washed away ~n the flood and

	lived in the court hoUSe garage ~~til her ~iou~Ie4COUld be rebuilt. (A)