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CHANA LITTLEJOHN
215 State Street

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~	UI remember when de Yankees come. I remember when ~ ~ de soldiers come an‘ had tents in Marsterts yard before .d.ey

went off to de breastworks. My mother wus hired out before de surrender an‘ had to leave her two chilluns at home on Marsterts plantation. Then she come home Christmas he told her she would not have to go back any more. She could stay at home. This wus de last year o‘ de war and he toi‘ her she would soon be free.

	“My eyes are mighty bad. De doctor said he would work on tern if somebody in de Agriculture )~ii1ding would pay

it.1 I can‘t see at all out of one eye and the other is bad.

	‘LI doan reckon I wus ten years old when de Yankees C orne ‚ but I wus unnit around ant c an r emember a 11 ci is. Guess I wus tbout ei~ht years old. I wus born in Warren County, near Warrenton. Ï belonged to Peter Mitchell, a long, tail man. There were ‘bout a hundred slaves on de plantation. My missus wus named Laura. Mother always called me ‘oie Betsyt when she wus mad at me. Betsy wus ~arster Peter‘s mother. I remember seem‘ her. She wus a big fat tornan wid white hair. She give biscuits to all

1.	The office of the State Board of Welfare is in the Agriculture ~iilding.