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	I was married on my brother‘s place to Wade B1ed~soe in 1870. He has

dead z~ow about 15 yearB. His master had. given him a aniall farm but I do not

remember hi ~ master ‚ 8 name • Tes ‚ I lived i n Tennessee tmt t]. after my husband.

died.. I caine to Canton in 1929 to live with my grand.da*~hter, Mrs. Llgis Clark. I had three children; they are afl daad. but I have 6 grandchIldren, 8

great—grandchildren and. 9 great‘great~‘grandchildren, all living. No ‚ I don ‘t think the children today are as good as they used to be, they are just not raised like we were and do too unch as they please.

	I can~t read or write as none of us slaves ever went to school but I used. to listen to the white folks talk and copied. after tbe~ as much as I could.‘


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	NOPZ:	The above is almost ex9ctly as Mrs. Bledaoe talked to our inter~« viewer. Although she is a woman of no schooling she ~ talks well ~d uses the common negro dialect very little.0 ~ She is 92 years of age but her mind. is clear and ehe is véry entertaining, She receiveS an Old Age Pension. (Interviewed by Chas • McCullough. ) .