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Prepared. by Lnnle Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Mirion, 8.0.	___________________	57
Date ‚ Jane ~]. ‚ I 937	Page 1.  ~ ~

MLGGIE BLACK
	~ Ex-Slave, 79 years	. 3902.87

	“Honey, i: d,Oflt know wha‘ to tell yuh ‘bout d.ein times baok dere. ~!uh aee I waz jea uh young oh11~ when d.e free war 0108e en I alu‘ know nnzoh to tell yuh. I born oter d.e river Œere to Massa Jim Wilkereon plantation. Don‘ know wha‘ ‘come uv my oie MaE~sa ohullun a‘ter dey head. been gone. Yuh e, honey, Mas sa Jim Wilkerson hab uh heap uv~ slave en he hire my nmd.der out to Colonel Durant place rlghl down d.e road. dere whey Mies Durant ].ib now. Coase I been back o‘er d.e river to visit ‘mongest de peoples d.ere a‘ter freedom ~ ‘o].are, but I am‘ ne‘er lib d.ere no more.“

	“Gawd. been good. to me, honey. I been heah uh long oie time en I eau‘ see macha d.ese days, but I gettin‘‘iong aorta 80 - 80. I Witz train up to be uh nu‘se ‘oman en I betoha I got ohilinn :more den any ~O year oie ‘bout heah now d.at I nufee when &ey wuz fast come heah. No, honey, am‘ got no ohillun uv me own. Aw my ohil].un white lak yu.h.“

	“Ho, no‘mam, dey wear long oie frock den en uh girl oomin‘ on d.ere when d.ey ge‘ to be any kind. uv uh girl, d~ey Pu t dat fr ook down • Oh ‚ my ohi id. ‚ d.ey ‘ ‘ ein short ‘z~ough dese days. Am‘ hab zntthinbut ~h string on dese d.ay en time. Dey izse‘er wear dem big oie hoop skirt dat sit out broad. lak from d.e ankle en d~en dey wear little panty d.~t:

show down twixt dey ikirt en d.ey atkle. 3es tie em ‘rund. dey kneea wid. some. aorta string en le‘ em show dat way ‘bout