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JANE LEE



An interview with Jane Lee, 81 years old, Selrna, North Carolina.


~ ~1 wus borned de slave of Marse Henry McCuLLers down ~F• at Clayton on de Wake an‘ Johnston line. I~iy daddy wus named Addison anì‘ my nìa~my wus named Caroline. Daddy ‘loj~ed to i~ii~. John Ellington who also lived near Clayton. I doan know de number of ivir. El1in~jt~on‘s slaves, but I know dat ~arse Henry had six or seben.

	~‘Marse Henry ain‘t had no oberseer ner no patterollers nother. He managed his business hisseif an‘ ain‘t needed~~. nobody. He whupped dem when dey needed hit but dat ain~t often, not dat he ain~t put de whuppin‘ on dem what did need hit.

	UI ‘members de Yankees commt good as ir±en hit wus

yesterday. Dey corned wid a •big noise, chasint ~ white folks what wus in de army clean away. Dey chase dem to Raleigh an‘ den dey kotch te~, out d~y ain‘t had much tin:e, ter do us any damage case dey wus too busy atter de PLebs.

	‘We woods wus full of runaway sla~s ant‘ Rebs who deserted de army so hit wus dangex‘ous to walk out. Marse Henry :;~ï~e US a speech about hit an‘ atter I seed one rag—a-j mu~fin ni~ger man dat wus so hongry dat his eyes pop out, I

„ ~i!1~ t took ‚ no more walks .	‚

~	‚ :~ :“ ‘tAtter de war we moved on Mr~ Eiii~‘toi~ place wid