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and another time I spilt de milk on de dini& room floor. It was always for sornethint, sir. I needed de whippin‘.

	“Yes sir, I had two brothers older than me; one sister older than me and one brother younger than me.

	“~,T young marster was killed in de war. Their names was Robert, Smith, and Jimmie. M~T young mistress, Sarah, married a Sutton and moved to Texas • Nancy marry Mr • Wade Rawl s • Mis s Janie marry Mr . Hugh Melving. At this marriage my mammy was g~e to Miss Janie and she was took to Texas wid her young baby, Isaiah, in her arms. I have never seen or.heard tell of them from dat day to dis.

	“De Yankees come and burn de gin—house and barns. Upen de smoke~ hous e, take de meat ‚ give de s lave s some ‚ shoot de chickens ‚ and as de mistress and girls beg so hard, they left widout burnin‘ de dwellin‘ house.

	“My oldest child, Alice, is livin‘ and is fifty—one years old de 10th of dis last May • gone • ~r first husband was Levi Young ; us lived wid Mr. Knox Picket some years after freedom. We moved to Mr. Rubin bumpkin‘s plantation, then to George Bouiwares. Well, u~r hu~band die s~id,l took a foal notion, lak most widows ‚ and got into s lavery again. I marry Prince Barber; Mr. John Hollis, Trial Justice, tied de knot. I loved dat young nigger more than you can put down dere on paper, I did. He was black and shiny as a crow‘ s wing . Him was white as snow to dese old eyes • Ah, the joy, de fusses, de ructions, de beati&s, and de makin‘ups us had on de Ed Shannon place where us lived. Us stay dere seven long years.

	“Then de Klu Kiuxes corned and lak to seared de life out of me. They ask where Prince was, searched de house and go away. Prince come home ‚ bout daylight . Us took fright ‚ went to Marster Will Durham‘ s and