Code No.	.	No. WG!d~B ~
	Project, 1~5-.(i)		Reduced f~ń~words
Prepared by Annie Ruth Davis	.	Rewritten by
	Place, Marion, 8.0.	~ .	83
	Date ‚ Nove nibe r 1 ‚ 193 7	~ ~ ~	~

MARTHA KELLY
Ex-‘~8lave ‚ Age_~~‚
	. —-	390397

	“All I can tell you, I come here de second year of freedom. Cose I had a lot of trouble en I cant hardly imagine how long it be dat I de age I is. My mother, she know my age good, but she been dead for de years come en gone from here. Am‘ much I can remember to tell you cause I was sniall den. No, my mammy‘ didn‘ tell we chillun nothin. Didn‘ have no time to te].]. we chillun nothin. $he had to go
	out en work in de field in de day en she would be tired when night come.“

	~	“My mammy white people was name Oharlie Law en hie family en dey lďved in Britton‘s Neck till dey come up here to Marion. We lived in a rice country down in dat place call Britton‘s Neck. Alu‘ you hear talk of it? My mammy en her chillun stay~ ed right dere on old man Law‘s place till long time after dey tell dem dey was free to leave dere. Stayed to de nigger quarter in my mammy house cause we was learn to be field hands. (Harold, I told you hold off me cause I don‘ fee]. like you layin on me dis rnornin.) (Harold small grandson). ~idn‘ know bout nothin much to eat In dat day en time, but bread en meat en rice en all such as dat. Oh, de peoples in dat country

~	made plenty rice. Dey would plant it on dis here black lookin dirt en when dey would see dat it was right ripe., dey would cut it en thrash it out. Den dey would have one of dem pestle en mortar to beat it wid. My blessed, child, dat been turn out