Oklahoma Writers‘ Project	—3.. 130




night Jime 19th, when Master called ail the slaves to the big gate and told them they were all free, but could stay right on in their homes if they had no places to ~o and. which all o±~ them did. They went right out and gathered the crop just like they‘d always done, and some of them remained there several years.

	~&v first husband was name, SW. Warnley. We had 4 children, I girl and three boys anti 3 grandchildren. I now have two grandchildren.

	Now that slavery is over I sometime wish ‘twas stil1~ existing for some of our lazy folks, so that so many of them wouldn‘t or couldntt loaf aroimd so much lowering our race ‚ walking the street s day by day and running from house to house living corruptible lives which is keeping the race down as though there be no good. ones among us.