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	lt~e stayed on at marsters when de surrender come cause when we wus fre ed. we had i~ ~ I nowhe re to :;°• L)ats de truth. Mister, dats de truth. We stayed with marster a long ti~iie an‘ den jest moved ±~rom one plantation to another. It wus like dis, a crowd o±~ tenants would get dissatisfied on a certain plantation, dey would move ‚ an‘ another gang of ni~ers move in • Dat wus all an~r of us could do. We wus free but we had nothin‘ ‘cept what de marsters give us.

	“When we got sick ‚ you sees we stayed wid a doctor, he looked after us, but we had our herbs too. We took sassafras tea, catnip an~ horehound tea an‘ flag. Flag vius good to ease pain. Jest make a tea of de flagroots an‘ drink it hot.

	UI married Kit Lassiter in Chathani County an~ I had seven chilluns. Three boys an‘ four girls. All am d.ead but two • Two girls are ii‘ • One named Loule Finch, her husband dead. She stays wid me an‘ supports me. She cooks an‘ supports me. I~r other livin‘ daughter

1.3	Venira McLean. She lives across de street wid her husband. Her husband had a stroke an‘ ain‘t able to wurk no more. Dey live on five dollars a week. . Dey ain‘t able to help me now. I moved ter k~aleigh 20 years ago. L‘~r husband died here.