Interview ‚ Cecella Chappel •- con t inued.
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lookedlak a sta‘r wid a 1thx~g tail; atter fz‘eedum, I nebber yeai~‘d ob rio slave gettin‘ land er money e~ I dunno nothin‘ ‘bout de slave mart ‘yer fer I didn‘ git ter kuin ter town.“

“Since freed, I hab missed, cooked en don‘ diff‘~unt

things. I wuk‘ed fer one family fifteen ~y~‘ars en didn‘ miss

a day. I has stayed at dis place fer de las‘ five y‘ars.

I had a strokeen wuz ~n de hospit‘l a long time. I~ain‘ git

out; en ‘roun ‚ ‘yer in de house, I has ter walk wid a stick.“
	“I am‘ neither voted. One day aura men‘ kum ‘yer ter	  f
teic me ter vote. ~ I tole dem w‘en I got ready ter •be a man,		f

I would put on overalls • ~
‘ti‘se a member ob de MisSionary Baptist Ohuch. I

- am‘ bin fer a long time kaze I am‘ able ter go. De oie song I membera ez “Dixie Land,“ eri“Run Nigger. k~,dO ~ai;~.
a~ollers Will Gt Yoü.“	~ -

- “Oh LawdyL~I think sum ob is young peeple am‘ no .count w‘ileswn ob demez .alright. - I think.each color should ma‘rie his own color. Hit makes me mad ter think ‘bout hit. Ef do good Lawd had wan ted da t ‚ he would hab had us • all one co~or.tt ~. .

. . . “Fer -a long -time de relief gib me a quart ob milk a day, but now all I bas ez w‘at.mah sistah Harriett gibs me. She sin‘ got much wuk en sux~i days we don‘ hab much ter eat. Ef mah Missls wuz l~vin‘ I wouldin‘ go hong~y.“