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An inLerview on biay 20 ‚ l~37 with Charlie i3arbour, 86 of ~nithfield, N.C. Johnston County.




	“I belonged ter i~ir. Bob Lumsford hyar in 3mithfield from de time of my birth. My m~iiywuz named Jandice an‘ lily pappy‘s name wuz seth. ì~y brothers ~uz Rufus, ~iUian~ ant George, an‘ my sisters wuz Mary ant Laura.

	UI ‘minds me of de days when as a young~n‘ I played marbles an‘ hide an‘ seek. Dar wuzn‘t meny gaines den., case nobody ain‘t ha no time fer ‘em. De grown folkses had dances an‘ sometimes co‘n shuckin‘s, an‘ de little niggers patted dere feets at de dances an‘ dey hetp ter shuck de coin. At Christnas we had a big dinner, an‘ from den through

~ew Year‘s Day we feast, an‘ we dance, an‘ we sing. De fust one what said Christ~ias gift ter .~ybody else got a gif‘, ~ of cou‘se we all try ter ketch de marster. .

	“on de night ‘fore de first day of Jinuary we had a dance what lasts ~lI night. A~t nidnight when de New Year cornes in marster makes a speech an‘ we is happy dat he thanks us fer our year‘s wuck an‘ says dat weis good, smart slaves~

	“Marster.. wucked his niggers from daylight till dark, an‘




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