Project 1885..1	390059
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Spartanbur~ Dis t • 4 ‚		Eimer Turnage
May 24, 1937


STORIES PROM EX-SLAVES


	~1 was born In Union County, S.C., not far from the Thrry on Tyger River . My mother was a slave of George R. Tucker who lived on the E~ioree fiivór, I can‘t remember slavery times nor the war; but I remember about the end of the war when everybody was coming home.

	“My mother was a weaver, going to the white folks‘ houses arid weaving clothes for them ~or small pay. Carding and spinning was done by all the white families at home.

	“The farms had. large gardens and raised most everything to eat. Large patches‘ of turnips, cabbage and green vegetables was t he cust orn at t hat t ime •„


Source:	Laura Caldwell (77), Newberry, S.C.
Interviewer:	G.L. Summer, Newberry, S.C. May 20, 1937