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241«Dora Franks, Ex~S1av~, Monroe County
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Mrs. Richard Koib
Rewrite, Pauline Loveles8
1~dited, Clara E. Stoke8



DORA FRANKS

Aberdeen, Miasiasippi



	Dora Franks, ex-slave, live8 at Aberdeen, Monroe County. She is about five feet taU. and weighs 100 pounds . Her hair is indined to be curly rather than kinky. She is very active and does most of her o~n work.


	‘si was born in Choctaw County, but I never knowed zackly how old I was, ‘cause none o‘ my folks could read an‘ write. I reckon I be‘s ‘bout a hund‘ed, ‘cause I was a big girl long time f0‘ Surrender. I was old ‘nough to marry two years after dat.

	“My mammy coins from Virgiriny. Her name was Harriet Brewer. My daddy was my young Marster. His name was Marater George Brewer an‘ my mammy‘ always to 1 ‚ me dat I was hi ‘ n • I knew dat der e was some dif‘ence ‘tween me an‘ de res‘ o‘ her chullun, ‘cause dey was all coal black, an‘ I was even lighter dan I is now. Lawd, it‘s been to my sorrow many a time, ‘cause de chillun used to chase ~e ‘round an‘ holler at me, fOld yallow Nigger.‘ Dey didn‘ treat me good, neither.

	AI stayed in de house moe‘ o‘ de time wid Mis9 E~taline.
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