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PLANTATION TThtES


An Interview on May 18, 1937 with Alice ~ugh164, who re~ members hearing her mother tell of slavery days.

tIl~T mammyFerbie, an‘ her brother Darson belonged ter

iv:r. David Hinnant in Edgecombe County till young Marster ~har1ie ~ot married. Den deywuz drawed an‘ sent wid him do~ri hyar ter Wendell. De oie Hinnant home am still. standint dar ter dis day.
tt~~Ster Charlie ant Missu~ Mary wuz good ter de

hundred slaves what belonged ter ‘em. Dey ~:ib ‘em good houses,• good feed, good clothes an~ plenty uv fun. Dey had. dere co‘n shuckin‘s, dere barn dances, prayer meetin‘s ant sich like all de year, an‘ from Christhas till de second day o‘ January dey had a holiday wid roast axes, pigs, turkey an‘ all de rest o‘ de fixin‘s. From Saturday till Mondayde slaves wuz off an‘ dey had dere Sunday clothes, which wuz nice. De marster always gib rem a paper so‘s de patterollers won‘t git tem.

	“Dey went up de riber to other plantations ter dances ant aildem things, an‘ dey wuz awf1~ii fond uv singin~ songs. Dat‘s whut dey done atter dey comes ter dere cabins at de. end o.,~ de:day.. De grown folkses sings an‘ somebody picki. de banjos De favorite song wuz ‘Swing Low ~we,et Chariot‘ ant ~ Qfl.yOrHarp Little David‘. De chilluns uster