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	PToJeot, 1885~(1)	Reduced from___
	Prepared. by Annie Ruth Dayja	Rewritten by~
	Place, Marion, 8.0.	___________________
	Date, July 8, 1937	~age 1.

MOM 8ARA BROWN
	Ex—$lave ‚ 85 years	390174


	“Oh, ray GodS, d~e doctors have me In Blavery time. Been here tie startin of d~e Îlrst war. I belong to d~e Oueaao dat live ~L5 miles low ?].orenee on d~e road what take you on to Georgetown. 3: reeolleots de Yankees come d.ere in de month of Jane en tree de colored peoples.7‘

	“My white folks give me to de doctors in dem days to try en learn me for a nurse, Don‘ know exactly how old I was in dat day en time, but I can tell you what I done. My Lord, hj34,oan‘ tell dat. Oouldn‘ never tell how many baby I bring in dia world, dey oome 80 fast. I betoha I got more den dat big square down dere to de eourthoume fall of em. I miras 13 head. of ohillun in one family right here in dis town. You aee dat all I ever did. have to do. Wae learnt to do dat. De doctor tell me, eay, when you ash to a 1om*n, don‘ younever heeltate to go en help her en you eave da1 baby en dat mother both. Dat what I le alwaye try to do. Heap of de time juet go en let em pay me by de chance. Oh, my Lord,. a ‘oman birth one of dem babies here bout two weeke ago wid one o~ dem veil over it taoe. De Lord. know what make d~at ‚ I don‘ ‚ but dem kind of baby eho wiser den de

e	other kind of baby. Dat thing look just like a thin akin dat stretch over de baby face en come ~own low it‘s chin. Have to take en :pul:L it back over it‘s forehead en den de baby can
~- eee en holler ai]. it ever want to. My blessed, honey, wish