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CHARiTY ~i1~ALLIST~R
602 South Street



	“My naine is Charity ~‘~cA1Iister. I wus here a long time before de Yanke es come here ‚ I wus ! bout grown when dey corne through. I ain‘t hardly a~1eto cook my little suinptint to eat now. I ain‘t able to work out. No sir, not able to work. Done and worked y time out. I wus a grown gal when de Yankees come. I wus ‘bout 18 years old. I loves to give you de truth anci I knows I wus dat old. I wus a grown gal.

	“Lily father wus named 1~.ob~rt blalock. He ‘longed to de Blalocks o‘ Harnett County. IVly mother ~vus Àthiie laie— Allister. She ‘1onged~ to Jennett l~icAllister in Harnett County. I ‚ longed to Jobn G~eene at Lillington, Harnett County. ~iy mother first ‘longed to Jobn Greene. She got in de family way by a white man, a‘nd‘John Greene sold her to a speculator named 3111 Avery of ~aleigh, a speculator. Dey sold my brother. He wus as white as you is. ~hen de surrender came mother went back to Mise Jennett 1~cA1listér in Harnett County. .uat‘ s how dey ~‘ot back dere. I wants

to te Il	d e truth and dats what I is g oin ‚ t o do. ftI tell you I wus whupped dunn‘ slavery time.

Dey whupped us wid horse‘~hair whups. Dey put a stick under