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MARY BARBOtJR

Ex-~S1ave Story




An interview with Mary Barbour 81 of 801 S. Bloodworth Street, Raleigh, N. C.

iII	reckon dat I wuz borned in McDowell County, case

dat‘s whar my mammy, Edith, lived. She tionged ter IW~r. Jefferson Mitchel dar, ant j~ pappy ‘longed ter er Mr. Jordan in Avery County ‚ s o he said.
	it I Fore de war ‚ I doan know nothint much ~ e ept dat we

lived on a big plantation an‘ dat my mammy wucked hard, but wuz treated pretty good.

	“We had our little log cabin off ter one side, an~ my mammy had sixteen chilluns. Fas‘ as dey got three years old de marster sol‘ ‘em till we last tour dat she had wid her dunn1 de war. I wuz de oldes‘ o‘ dese four; den dar wuz Henry an‘ den de twins, Liza an~ Charlie.
	ttOne of de fust things dat I tmernbers wuz my pappy

wakin‘ me up in de middle o‘ de night, dressin‘ me in de dark, all de time tellint me ter keep quiet. One o~ de twins hollered some an‘ pappy put his hand ober its mouth ter keep it quiet.