Project 18(35 -4.‘	„~„~ ~.. . ~
Spartanburg, S.C.	~‘u.iO~	Edited by:	~‚
District ~4		Martha Ritter	~	9
May 31, 1937




~OU~-LORE : EX-S LAVES


	nI was born on Capt. Jc1~n P. Kinard‘s


place. My marav:iy and pa was Lucy and Eph Kinard who belonged to Marse Kinard, Marse Kinard was good to his slaves — didn‘t whip them much. He whipped me a little. Vthen~I was a little girl I slept in the big house in the room with my mistress snd her husband, and. waited on them. I worked vî1~en I got old enough, in the field, and ariy~here around. ~hen I wouldn‘t work good, ray m~imy ~hipped me most.

	‘~i ‘merither the folks cooked in skillets

over an old fireplace.

	“After the war was over and freedom come we stayed on wit1~± Capt . Kinard, ‚ till I married and then vient over to Dock Renwick‘s place where my husband worked. I married Tom ~enwick. ~e vrent to the church of the colored folks after the war, and he.d preachings in mornings and evenings and at night, too. Vie didn‘t have no nigger schools, and we didn‘t learn to read and write.

	“The white folks had orn—shuckings, cotton

pickings at night, when the mistress would fix a big dinner for all working.“



SOURCE:	Ellen Renwick (79), RFD, Newberry, S. C.
Interviewer:	Mr. ~. Leland Sunner, 1707 L~.ndsey St., Newberry, S. C.