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	Winnsboro, S. C. ~	.		‘2‘c~
		ANDERSOI‘~ BATBS	.

EX-51411E 87 YEARS OLD.	•



	.	Mderson Bates I lires with hi s son-‘in-‘law and daughter ‚ Ed and Dora Owens, in a three-‘room frame house, on lands of Mr. Dan Heyward, near the ~ ~ranite Company, Winnsboro, S. C. Anderson and his wife occupy

one of the rooms and his rent is free. His son‘-in-‘law has re~ia~ employment at the Wirinsboro Co-tton Mills. • His wife, Carrie, looks after the house. And-. erson and his daughter, Dora, are day laborers on the neightbor1~od farms, but he is able to do very little work.

(tI was born on d~ old Dr. Furman place, near Jenkinsville, S. C.,

in de year ‚ 1650 . My pappy was name Nat and mamy name Winnie . They was slaves of old Dr. Furman, dat have a big plantation, one hundred slaves, and a -whole
:~	~ of little slave chillun, dat him wouldnt 4~ let work. They run ~ round in de

plum thickets, blackberry bushes, hunt wild. strawberries, blow cané vthistles,
	and have a pod. time. . .	~ ~

... ~	~De~old Dr. Furman house is ramshackle but it is still standin‘ out ~ . dere and is used as a. shelter for sawmill hands dat is ~ittin‘ do~wn de big pines and sawin‘ them on de place..

~ ~.	‘~Where did. niy pappy and mammy come from? Maxx~rny was born a slave in de Furman family in Charleston, but pappy ~w‘as bought out of e~ drove dat a Balti-‘ more speculator fetch from Maryland 1on~ befo‘ de war. Doctor practice all ‘round and tbout Mont~eello, happen ‘long one day, see my ppppy and cive a thou‘sand dollars for him, to dat speculator. I thank God for dat~

	“Dr. !urman, 12W old xnarster, haire a brudder called Jini, dat run de ~I~: School, fus~b uearWixuisboro, then it xw~e to Greenville, 8. C.
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