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tt~iiSßUS Martha shot did look after de slaves good when they

was sick. Us had medicine made from herbs, leaves and roots; some of them was cat«nip, garlic root, tansy, and roots of burdock. De roots of burdock soaked in whiskey was mighty good medicine. We dipped asafetida

in turpentine and hung it ~ round our necks to keep off disease.

“Befo‘ de Yankees come thru, our peoples had let loose a lot

of our hosses and de hosses strayed over to de Yankee side, and de Yankee men rode de hosses back over to our plantation. De Yankees äsked us if we want to be free. I never say I did; I tel]. them I want to stay wid ir~r mis su~ and they went on and. let me alone • They ‚ stroyed most everything we had ‘cept a little vittles; took all de stock and take them wid them. They lurned all de buildings ‚ cept de one de mas sa and mis sus was 1 ii~

in.

“It wasn‘t long after de Yankees went thru dat our missus told

us dat we don‘t b‘long to her and de massa no more. None of us left dat season, I got married de next year and left her. I like being free more better. Any niggers what like slavery time better, is lazy people dat dont t want to do nothing.

UI married Fredrick Adams; he used to b‘long to Qss Teeny

Graddick but after he was freed he had to take another name. 1~r. Jess Adams ‚ a good fiddler dat xi~ï husband like to hang ‚ round, told him he

~	could take his name if he wanted to and dats how he got de name of Adams.

Us had four chillun; only one livint ~ dat Lula. She married John Entzxninger and got several ohillun. ~ gra&chillun a heap of comfort to me.~‘



Home Address:
Colonial ~eights, %olumbia, S. C.