Code No. .	No. Words________
Project, i6E~5-~(1)	Reduced from~~*ords
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place, Marion, 8.0.	~        -    . 2~
Date, January 7, 193e	Page 2.~



	UI remember, Ma used to tell we chillun bout how dey couidri‘ never do nothin in slavery time, but what de white folks say dey could do. I say, ‘If I been big enough in dem days, I would sho a let out a fight for you. ‚ You see, I was a little small child den en I never know no better den to speak dat way“ .
	‘~My mother, she was de house woman to de big house in slavery time, but she never didn‘ get no money for what she been do. No,rnarn, white folks never didn‘ pay de poor colored people no money in dat day en time. See, old. boss would give dem everything dey had. en provide a plenty somethin to eat for dem all de time. Yes‘uin, all de niggers used to wear dein old Dutch shoe 8 wid . de bras s in de toe s en de Women, dey neye r didn.‘ have notbin ‘cept dem old coarse shoes widout no 1mm. ~ never wear dem out. Yes‘uin, dey alwaye give us a changin of homespuns, so as to strip on wash day en put on a fresh one.“

	“Den I recollects we chullun used to ax us mammy whe‘ us come from en she say, ‚I got you out de hollow log.‘ Well, just like I tell you, slavery chilluri had. dey daddy somewhe‘ on de plantation. Cose dey had a daddy, but dey didn‘ have no daddy stayin in de house wid dem. White folks would make you take da t man lie‘ if you want h im o r no • 13 s oh illun neye r d dn‘ know who us daddy be e n t il I us mammy po mt him out cause all us went in Massa Anthony Ross‘ name. Yes,marn, all us had a different daddy, so my mammy say.“