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was sold to a man in South Carolina, to work in the rice field. Grandmother drowned herself in the river when she heard that grand-pap was going away.

•‘: was told that ~randpap was sold because he got religious and prayed that God wot~1d set him and grandraa free.

	‘tWhen I was ten years old I was put to work on the farta with other children, picking weeds~ stoné up and tobacco worms and to do other work. We all ~ot new shoes for Christmas, a dress and ~2.5O for Christmas or suits of o lothe s • We spent oiu‘ money at Mr • Ranr‘ s ste re for thi~s that we wanted,

but was punished if the money was spent at the county seat at other stores. tP~~r0 were allowed fat meat, corn meal, black molasses and vegetables,

corn and grain to roast for coffee. Mother cooked ray food after stopping work on the farm for the day. I never a€e possum. We would catch rabbits ir~ gums or traps and as we lived on the rivers, we ate any kind of fish we caught. The men and everybody would go fishing after work. Each family had a garden, we raised what we wanted.

	“As near as I can recall, vie had about 150 sheep on the farm, producing our own wool. The old women weaved clothes; we had woolen clothes in the winter and cotton clothes in the sunimer. On Sunday we wore the clothes given to us at Christmas time and shoes likewise.

	~	“I was married on the farm 1863 and married my saine husband by a Baptist preacher in 1870 as I was told I had not been legally married. I was married in the dress given to me at Christmas of 1862. I did not get one in
	1863.	. .

	“Old Silas Rando~ph was a mean man to bis slaves, especially when

- drunk. He and the overseer would always be toge therÇeach of whom carried &~. whip,~andupon the least provocation would whip his slaves. ~j mistress~was not as mean as my master, but she was mea~i. There was only one son in the Rando~ph family. He went to a mil itary school somewhere in Vdrk‘ginia. I don‘ t know