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HENRI N~CAIS~

Nicholson ‚ Mississippi


	Henri Nocaise, ex-slave, 105 years old, lives ~. half-mile south of Nicholson on US Il. Uncle Henri lives in a small plank cabin enclosed by a fence. He owns his cabin and a small piece of land. Me i8 about five feet ten inches tall and weighs 120 pounds. Hie sight and hearing are very good.
	“I was born in Harrison Cour~ty, 19 ‚ long d e ridge road from 4 e swamp near Wo lt Ursan Ladnier. De Miatie‘ name was Popàne. My father was a white man, Anatole Necaise. father, ‘cause he used to call me to him an‘ oldee‘ eon. .
miles from Pass Christian, River. My Meister was Us W~ß all French. i: kn~wed he was my tell me I was his
	sI never knowed my mother. I was a slave an‘ my mother was aol‘ from me an‘ her other chilluns . ~ Dey to 1 ‚ n. when dey s ol‘ I er‘ my sister was a-holdin‘ we in her arme • She was standin‘ behin‘ de B~g Iiot~se peekin‘ ‘roun‘ de corner an‘ seen de las‘ o‘ her mother. Iseen her go, too. Dey tell me I used to go to de gate a—huntin‘ for ~y mammy. ~ I used to sleep vU my sister after dat.
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