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Slave Autobiographies




	Fanny Smith Hodges lives in Berglundtown, in the northern part of town, in the only Negro settlement within the corporate limits of k~cComb.

	“My n~ue‘s Fanny Hodges. I was Fanny Smith befo‘ I was

uiar‘ied. L{y manmiy W88 .Jane Westheraby, an‘ she b‘long ter old man

~eathersby in Amite County. He was de meanes‘ man what ever lived.

~y pappy was soi‘ befo‘ I wa~ born. I doan know notbin‘ ‘bout him.

I had one sister — her name was (XLara — and one brudder his name was Jack. Dey said my peppy‘s name was George. I doan know.

	uMawmy said when I was jes big ‘nough to nuss an‘ wash

leetle chulluns, I was soi‘ to Marse Hiram (.aseedy an‘ dat man give me ter hie darter, kiss Mary, to be her maid. De Cassedys she‘ was good people. I was big ‘nough to draw water, an‘ put it in a tub an‘ was& Miss Mary, Miss Annie,‘ an‘ Misa July. 1 had to keep ‘em clean. I had to comb dey hair an‘ dey would holler an‘ say I pulled. I was toi‘ not to let anything hurt dem chulluns.

	~	“I slep‘ in de Quarters wid de other niggers. Befo‘ sunup I kied to git to de Big House ter dress dew cnulluns. I doan ‘member wiiut

	kind of bed I had, but reckin‘ it was good. I et in de kitchen. Dey ‚~ fed fine. I et whut de white folks 1.1‘, an‘ sometimes dey had ‘possum

	Ian‘ tater8. Dey was good.

~_#~	‘Marse Cassedy was a big Judge. He went to all de cou‘ts, an‘ rode in a fine carri‘ge with two big horses hitched ter it, an‘ a driver. He wore fine cio‘es an‘ ever‘body said he was a mighty big man. He had