Code No.	No. Wotd~t
Project, 1~5-‘(1)	Reduced f~oii~iorde
Prepared by Annie E~uth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, S.C.	___________________
Date, December i6, 1937	Page ï.

MOM RYER EMMANUEL
	Ex~Slave, Age 7‘~	39040?



	“Oh, my Lord, child, I am‘ know nothin bout Blavery tune no more den we was just little kids livin dere on de white people plantation. I was just a little yearlin child den, I say. Been bout SiX years old in~ slavery time. weil, I‘ll say dat I bout $0 some odds, but I can‘ never seem to get dem oddetogether. I was a big little girl stayin in old Massa yard in dein days, but I wasn‘ big enough to do nothin in de house no ti~ne. My old Massa been Anthony Ross e~ he had set my age down in de Bible, but my old MissuB, she dead en I know dem chiÏlun wouidn! never know whe‘ to say da:t Bible at dese days. Old Miss, she been name Matt Ross. I wish somebody could call up how long de slaves been freed cause den dey could cal]. up my age fast as I could bat my eyes. Say, when de emancipation was, I been 8 IX years old, 80 my znarn~ny tell me • Don ~ know what to say dat is, but I reckon it been since freedom.“

	(II been born en bred right ~over yonder to dat big patch o-f oak trees bout dat house what you see after you pass de white people church cross de creek dere. De old man Anthony Ross, he been have a good mind to his colored people all de time. Yes,niamn, my white folks was proud of dey niggers. Um, yes‘um, when dey used to bave company to de big house, Miss Ross would bring dem to de door to show dem us chillun. En