Ood.e 1~o.	I~o. WOr~ß__________
Project, 1885~.t1)	Reduced from  ~wo‘~da
Prepared by Annie Rtith DaviB	Rewritten by~
Place, Marion, S.C.	_____________________
Date, June 23, 1937	 ~ ‚


en work fa one~.~th1rd uv wha‘ Œey make. Coase ~1e white folks furnish aw d~e wear en tear uv eve‘t‘lng.“

	“Dey amT ne‘ar hab no schools fa d~e co1oret~ peoples no whey ‘baut whey I stay ‘fore freedom oome heah. Won1 long a‘ter de war d~t free schools w~iz open up dere. It jes lak dis, I am‘ bother wld dem schools mucha d.en, but I o‘n read. right smart. Jes ketch it uz I oome ‘long en wha‘ I koboh, I put d.at to work. I is went to one uv d.ese night sohool~ de y hab ‚ b ou t he ah not 1 ong g one .„

	“Mr. Abraham L incoin, I am ‚ ne ~ e r see him, but I know he waz de President uv de Unltei. States. ~in‘ ne‘er see Mr. Jefferson Davis neither. Dey waz oppositionalist d.en, I sho‘ know d.at.“

	‘lIt jes la1k dis, I trink di.s uh better d.ay we lib in d.ese times. When we b‘Iong to de white folks, we lib, en atter we wŒz free we lib right on. I t‘ink being free •d.e best time to lib. Better to be loose d.en tied. cause d.on‘ oare how good. yo‘ owner, yuh hadder be und.er d.ey jurisd~ct1on. Am‘ 4iat right?“

~Œ~3!O~~!	Washington Dozier, ~ge 90, colored., Pee Dee, Marion Co. (Personal interview, Jane 193?).