-2-	3()5

ltOfl Christmas Day master always give big

dinners for slaves, and on New Year we had a holiday.

‘II married Lila Davis at de Baptist Church

in Newberry.

“‘~Vhen our slaves got sick we sent fur de

doctor. Some of de old folks in the neighborhood believed in giving root~.herb tea or tea made from cherry barks or peach leaves.

tt~hen freedom come de master told us we

was free and could go but if we wanted to stay on with him, we could stay. “Ve stayed with him for tv~ years and worked by day wages.

	.	“The Ku Klux was dere. I heard old folks talk about ~‘em. Dey had white sheets over their heads and white caps on their heads.

ttT}~ Yankees went through our place and


stole cattle.

HI thought slavery was all right, cause


I had a good time. I had a good master.

tu joined the church when I was 21 years


old because I thought I‘d live better. ~ I think all ought to join the church.“




SOURCE:	Wallace Davis (88), Newberry~ S.C.; interviewer: G. Lel~d Summer, Newberry, S.C.