project 1885-J
	Polkiore	330385	~d1ted by: 39
	Spartat1bUr~, Dist.4		Elmer Turna~e
Oct. 14, 1937
	.	STORIES PROM ELSL~V~S

	ttI lives in Newberry in a small three~room house which be~ longs to my son. I-le helps me some ?cause I can‘t work except jest a little ‘rcund de house.

	“I don‘t know much ‘bout de ~var times. ~l1 i know is what

I told you befo‘. .1 ‘member when de war quit arid freedom come. Most of de slaves had to Îind ~ork where dey could. Some had to work as share~..croppers, some ~er wages, and later on, some rented small plots ot land. ~‘any ni~gers since de war moved to town and ~orked as day hands, such as carpenters, janitors, dray drivers~and de like.

	“De old ti~te folks had blacksmith shops on de Łarrr~ and made most o±~ de tools dey used. Dey hadplerity toea.t. We~riever ~arited fer nothin~ and always lived good. I had it better den dan I does now.

-	“In slavery when de patrollers rode up arid down de roads,

once a nigger boy stole out to see his gal, all dressed up to kill. De patroilers Thund him at his gal‘s house and started to take off his coat so dey could ~vhip him; but he said, ‘Please don‘t let my ~al see undermy coat, ‘cause I ~ot on a bosom and no shirt‘. (The custom was to ~cear stiff, vvhite bosoms held up around the neck when rio Shirt was on. This save the appearance of a shirt.)

	“My sister-in.~law and ~other..~in~law both come from Virginia but I don‘t ‘member anything dey said ‘bout dat country. My sister~.. in~1aw went back dere atter freedom come, but her mama died here.

	“Us slaves went to de white Łolks ‚ church at Cross Roads, arid our mistress made us ~o. She often would teach us to read and