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CLA1~A JOENES


An interview with Clara Jones of 408 Cannon Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.



	UI doan know how old I is but I wus borned long titne ago case I wus a inarried~oman way ‘Thre de w~ir. We lived on Ivir. Fel.ton Mc~eets place hear in Wake. County. I wurked lak a man dar an‘ de hours vvus froni sunup till dark mostly. He aintt had but about fifty slaves but he makes dem do de wurk of a hundret an‘ fifty. We ain‘t had no fun dar, case hit takes all of our strength ter do our daily task. Yes‘um we had our tasks set out ever‘ day.

	“One day, right atter my fifth chile wus borned, I fell out in de fiel‘. Marster come out an‘ looked at nie, den he kicks me an‘ ‘lows, ‘a youngin‘ ever‘ ten months an‘ never able ter wurk, I ‘li sell ‚.

	“A few days atter dat he tuck me an‘ my two younges‘ chilluns ter ~taleigh an‘ he sells us ter i~1arse Rufus Jones.

	“Mars e Rufus am a go od m~i in ever ‚ way • He fed us good an‘ he give us good clothes an‘ we ain‘t had much wurk ter do, dat is, not much side of what we had ter do
on McGee‘s plantation.	.	.