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Oklahoma Wr1ter~1 Project	Ex-‘Slave;


SALLflI CA~D~~R
Age 83 yrs.
Burwîn, Okia.



	I was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and. Vin going on 83 years. My mother was Rarriett Nee]. and. father Jeff Biiit~, both of them named after their masters. I has cue brother, J. B. Bill9, but a].]. de rest of my brothers and asters is dead.

	No sir, we never had no money while have nothing a-‘tall! We ate greens, corn time I ever got a biscuit would be when a Mistress would give a buttere& biscuit to done it.

	In hot weather and. cold weather d.ere was no difference as to ~iat we wore. We wore dresses my mother wove for us and. no shoes a~tall.

never wore any shoes till I ~g grown aM den dey was old. ‘brogans wid.

only two hole s to lace ‚ one on each side. During my wedding I wore a blue calico dress, a nuin~ s shirt tail as a head :~ag, and. a pair of brogan shoes.

	My Master lived in a three—story frame house painted. white. M~

Mistress was very mean. Sometimes she would make de overseer whip negroes for looking too hard. at her when she was talking to dem. Dey had four children, three girls and. one boy.

	I was a servant to my Master, and. as he had. de palsy I had to care

for him, feed. him and. push him around.. I don1 t know how many slaves~ but he had a good. deal of tem.

	About four otclock mornings de overseer or negro carriage driver who stayed. at the Big House would ring de bell to git up and gît to work.
I was a slave. We jest d1d.n~t bread, and. ash cake. De~only mi sdemeano r was did., and. my de one who could tel). her who