Code No.	NO. W~Pd~f	.
 Project, 1~5~(i)	Reduced f~om~words
( Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten	by
 Place, Marion, S.C.	   —___—	 ---   --
 Date, January L, 193e ~	Pige i.	--  ~ ~ 20


JOS~~PHINE BACOHUS
	.	Ex-Slave, 75.40 Years	39O41~



	“No, my mercy Œod, I don‘ know not one thought to speak t o you bout ‚ 8e ems 1. 1 ke ‚ I doe s know your face ‚ but I be en so siok all de year dat I can‘ hardly remember nothin. Yes, sweetheart, I sho oaught on to what you want. bh, I wishes I did know somethin bout dat old time war cause I tell you, if I been know anything, I would sho pour it out to you. I got burn out here de other day en I am‘ got near a thing left nie, but a pair of stockings en dat old coat dere on de bed. Dat hoW-~Oome I stayin here wid Mise Celia. My husband, he dead en she took nie in over here for de present. t uni, I haven‘t never had a nine months child. Reckon dat what aiim me now. Bein dat I never had no mother to care for me en give me a good attention like, I caught so much of cold dat I am‘ never been safe in de family way. Yes,mam, I bad my leg broke plenty times, but I aine never been able to jump de time. Lord, I got a misery in ray back dere. I hope it alu‘ de ~meumonias. ~

~	~ “Well, you see, I couldn‘ tell you ~thin bout my mother cause I never didn‘ know nothin bout my mother. My Jesus, my brother tell bout when dey had my mother layin out on de coolin board, I went in de room whe‘ she was en axed her for somethin to eat en pushed her head dat way. You know, I wouldnt touch ni y hand to do no thin I ike dat ‚ but• I neye r know • Dat t t ‚ de