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	Frank &n*th	.	~ahoning County	DIBt. ffi5
			Youngbtown, Ohio.



The ßtoryof Mrs.. P~hoebe BOSt,Of Youngstown, Ohio.

	Mrs. Phoebe Boat, was born on a plantation‘ in Louisiana, near New Orleans. She does not know her exact age but says she was told, when given her freedom that ihe was about 15 years of age. Phoebe‘s first master was a man named Sixnons, who took her to a slave auction in Baltimore, where she was sold to Vaul Mooney (this name is spelled as pronounced, the correct spelling not known.) When Phoebe was given her freedom she ae&unmed the naine of Mooney., and went to Stanley County, North Carolina, where she worked for wages until she came north and married to Peter Bost. Phoebe, claims both hermasters were very mean and would administer a whipping at the slightest provocation.

	Phoebe‘s duties were that of a nurse maid “I had to hoi‘ the baby all de time she slept“ she said “and sometimes I got so sleepy myself I ‘had to prop nia‘ eyes open with pieces of whisks from a broom.“

	She claims there was not any recreation, such as singing and dancing pernutted at this plantation.

	Phoebe ‚ who is now widowed ‚ lives wi th her daughter ‚ in p art of a double, house, at 3461 Wilson Avenue, Campbčll, Ohio. Their home is fairly well furn-~ ished and clean in appearance. . Phoebe is o±~ slender stature, and is quite active in spite of the fact that she is nearing her nineties.



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