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SARAH LOUISE AUGUSTUS
Age 80 years
1424 Lane Street
Raleigh, North Carolina


	“I wus born on a plantation near Faďetteville, N. C., and I belor€ed to J. B. Smith. His.wife. wus named Henrietta. I-le owned about thirty slaves. ~then a slave wus no good. he wus put on the auction block in Fayetteville and sold.

	ttDJ:f father wus name d ‘ome o Harden and my iďio ther wus

narued. Alice Smith. The little ca.bin where I wus born is still standing.

	“There wus seven children in marster‘s family, four girls and two boys. The girls wus named Ellen, Ida, Mary and Eli zabeth • The b oys wus na~aed Harry ‚ Norman and Marse George. Marse George went to the war• Mother had a family of four girls. Their names wus: ~y, Kate, Hannah arid myself, Sarah Louise. I am the only one living and I would not be living but I have spent most. o±~ m~r life in wi~ite f~olk‘s houses and they have looked after rae. I respected myself and they respected me.
	t%r first days of slavery wus hard. I slept on a

pallet on the floor of the cabin andjust as soon as I v~us