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ALE~î~1~1)ER ROBERT ~ ON

EX-SLAVE 84 Y~ARS OLD.



	~lexander Robertson lives as a member of the household of his son, Charley, on the General Bratton plantation, four miles southeast of ‘~hite Oak, S. C. It is a box-like house, chimney in the center, four rooms, a porch in front and morning g)~ory vines, in bloom at this season, climbing around the sides and supports. DQes Alexander si-b here in.-the autum.n sun.~ shine and while thè hours away? Nay. ~ ... ~o~b he. is still one of the active, working membersof the family, ever~in the fields with his ~rahdchildren, poke around his neck, extracting fleecy cotton from the boils and putting it deftly into the poke. He can carry his row equally as well as any of the six grand~ children. He has a good appetite at meal time, digestive organs good, sleeps well, and is thé early riser inthe mornings. He says the Negro half of his nature objects to working on Saturday afternoon, and at suc1i times his tall figure, with a green patohcloth over the left eye, which is sightless, may be seen stro1lin~ to and fro on the streets of Winneboro. ~ .

	ttWell, weliL If it ain‘t deyoungun datuse to selirne sugar, coffee,

fat backand meal,, when he clerk for Calvin Brice& Company, at Woodward, in
/	t 84 and ‚ long dere .	~	~ ~

: - UI hopes you is well dis mornin‘~. I‘s told to come- t~ Wirmsboro an~d gits blazilce for a pension. Andy Foster, man I knows, d‘rect me up dese steps and bless God. I finds you. You waxma ask me some questions? Well ‚ here I is,

~	more than glad to answe; if I can.. IVhere I born? Strange as it seems, I born

.	right here in Wiimsboro • My name set down in a book : ‘Alexander - boy~ bother,

~:; ~‚iIanzsa~, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ de way it was read to me by Dr. i3eaty, dat


‚~ ‚~ ~ ~	: ~ ~ ‘a~~d•~•1iTe in Rø~c1~ Ri1l•~. If slavery had never been done t~y