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Hunter, some called him Major Hunter. When I was a small boy, I lived wid my mammy on de Hunter plantation. 1~.fter freedom, I took de name of my daddy, who was a Bouiware. He b‘long to Reuben Bouiware, who had a plantation twcr and one~ha1f miles from Ridgeway, S. C., on de road dat leads to Long-town. N~y mistress‘ name was b‘ffie. She and marster had foth‘ sons, no girls a—tall. George, Abram, ~i11ie, and Henry, was their names. They was fine boys, ‘cause they was raised by Mistress Effie‘s o~vn hands • She was a good woma~i and done things ~ zackly right ‚ round de plantation. Us slaves loved her, ‘cause she said kind and soft words to us. N~.ny times l‘s seen her pat de little niggers on de head, smile and say nice words to them. Boss, kind treatment done good then and it shot does good dis present day; don‘t you think I‘~s right ‘bout dat? W~rster had a bad temper. ~4hen he git mad, he walk fast, dis way and dat way, and when he stop, would say terrible cuss viords. Ythen de mis~ tress heard them bad words, she would bow her pretty head and walk l~r~y kinda sad lek. It hurt us slaves to see de mistress sad, ‘cause us wanted to see her srnilin‘ and happy all de time.

~ fl~fl~T workéd hard in de field every day and as I was just a


snall boy, I toted water to de han4~~ in de field and fetched wood into de kitchen to cook wid, i~jnn~r was de mother of twelve chillun; three of them die when they was babies. Ps de oldest of de twelve and has done more hard work than de rest. I had five brothers and all Of them is dead, ‘cept one dat I ive s in Savannah ‚ Georgia • I has four s isters ‚ one 1 lying in Charleston, one in New York City, one in Ith~ca, i~. Y., and one in Fairfield County, dis State.
“Does n~c folks help me along any? I‘~o sir, they shot don‘t. I