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Phoebe Faucette
Èiampton County





comm1 : ‘Dere‘ s de fever In heaht t 3j~ of ‘em cane to de door; but dey say dey ain‘t goin‘ j~ dey‘ll catch de fever ~ Den some more come along . Dey say dey gwine In. Dey a 1n~ t gwine to take no fever. Fill two sacI~ of ‚ tatoes. ~th1 te man a sk t o s ear eh al 1 t runk . Dey take two of me Ma‘ s good dresses out. Say to wrap ~ In. I start to cryin‘ den, an‘ dey say, ‘Wen, git us some sacks den.~ I knowed where some sacks wuz. I git ‘em de sacks. Dey do ‘em right. Dey bld ‘em goodbye, an‘ ax teni where de man wL1z. Dey give me ‘leven or twelve dollars. ~I ~z little an‘ ain‘t kr~ow. My mother never give it to me.

	“I stay right on d.ere after freedom, until after I married.“
Source:
Mamie Riley, Negro about 80 years old, Est!.11, S.C.