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241—Prince Iohneon ‚ Ex—slave ‚ Coahoma County
FEC
Mrs. Carrie Campbell
Rewrite, Pauline Loveless
Edited, Clara E. Stokes
	~	PRINCE JOHNSON
		Olarlcsdale ‚ Mississippi


	“Yes mam, I sho‘ can tell you all ‘bout lt ‘cause I was dore when lt all happened. My gran‘ pa ‚ ~ Peter ‚ gran ‘ma ‚ Mill le ‚

pa ‚ ;rohn ‚ an‘ m~r ma, Iranoes ‚ all come from Alabama to Yazoo County to live in de Love fam‘ly. Dey names was Dennis when dey come, but, after de custom o‘ dem days, dey took de naine o‘ Love fran dey new owner. Me ~ an‘ all o‘ my brothers an‘ sisters was born right dere. Dey was eleven head ‘ us. I was de oldea ‚ . Den e orne parry ‚ ~obu, William, Henry, Phillis, i~‘olly, Nellie, Virginny, Millie, an‘ de baby, Ella.

“Us all lived in de quarters an~ de beds was home made.

Dey had wooden legs ‘wid canvas stretched ‘oroet ‘em. I can‘t ‘m~ber so much ‚ bout de q~iartere ‚ cause ‚ bout dat t line de young mies married Colonel ~J‘oImeon an‘ moved to dis place in Carroll County. She carried wid her over one hund‘ ed head t darkies . ~

	~	“Den us names was changed from Love to J~obuson. My new marster was sui‘e a tine gent‘man • He lived in a big twostory white house dat had big. white poets ix~ front • De flowers ~fl. t roun‘ lt jus‘ ast it oft.
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