Project #~1655	‘)OtV)fl	POLKLORE~	8~
	  Cassels R. Tiedeman	‘J‘Ju‘l)1~:1c
.	Ch~rlestOfl, S. ç.
	EMMA FRâSER	SLAVE


	]~rna Fraser, a pathetic old character, probably on account of iflafly hardships ‚ and the la ck of family to care for her properly, shows the wear and tear of years. She was born, in slavery, on a plantation near Beaufort, of a mother whom she scarcely remembers, and cannot recall the name of t~e plantation, nor the name of her mother‘s o~ier. She talks very ~ little but is most emphaticabout the time of her birth. “L born in rebel ~ time, on de plantation down by Beaufort. My ma say Ia leetle gal when dey shoot de big gun on Fort Sumter. All deni people done dead an‘ gone now. I amt Imow dey name any mo‘ • ~iid d e t r oublula t i on and b omb at ~Ofl: I hab to t end wid an‘ de brain all~~ore down, you aintblame me for not knovï. - -

	I wants to gO to :dobben now an‘ when de roil is call up dere nt I be dore ‚ de Lord ‚ he find a Mding place foi~ me .

-	Igoes to chu‘ch when I kin an‘ sing too, but ef I sing an‘ . it dean mobe(move) mè any, den dat a sin on deHoly Ghost;

I be tell a lie on de Lord. No I amt sing vihen it doan mobe
	me . ~ You	1 ~ ~ ax me t o do dat .	. -

	One day I see a.‘ big automobile on de street wid. a old S genmiun (gentleman) ob slavery time settin‘ in em. I goes up

	toem ant ax how old he t‘ink I is, ant he say dat I come way, ~. ~ way back dere in de slavery day, ant he know what he say.

~	Source.: Interview with the writer

: ~ ~	Emma Fraser, 98 Coming St, Charleston, S. C. A~pprox . 80 year s old.