Project 1885-~1		~ ~
Po].klore		~dited by: ~
Spartaabur~, Dist.4	.	Eùner Turria~e
Oct.11, 193?

	: STORIES PROM EX~SLAVES


	1,1 live ~n a rented three.-~room house vcith my daughter. I ani too old- to do much work, but I work vvhere I can ~et little jobs that I can do. ~ ~ ~

	“The slaves did riot expect anything after Freedom, for the South was in such a badfix. The~‘ just got jobs where they could fi~nd them. Most of them ~vorked as share..~croppers or wage hands on the farms, arid have worked like this since that time. Some few have rerit~ ed farms. When any moved to town they got jobs where they could.

	“I never thought much about Reconstruction. Some slaves voted at first, but when wade Hampton was elected they didn‘t get to
vote much.	. ~

	“I think the younger generation has too mu-eh freedom and doesn‘t stayhorne enoußh. They~w~nt to have their own way.

	“Over in old Ed~efield ihere I was raised we had plenty to eat; plenty peas, corn bread, turnips arid other things. We hunted wild garne, too. I was a slave of Major Pickens But1er~ He was a good man and sometimes gave us a lit-tie money for our work. Our master save us a s~ia1l patch of land to ~vork for ourselves and plant ariy~ thing we wanted. ~•

	“No, I never think anything about votiri~. I am satisfied just to get along.“


Source:	Henry Eyan ~N ~ 83), Newberry, S.C.
~	Interviewer:. G.L. Suninier, Newberry, S.C. 8/18/37.