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NARCISSUS YOUNG

Rear 532 i~t Street NoS‘.

Nashville ‚ Tennessee
80)
	“I‘se 96 y‘ars oie. Bawri in slavery en inah marster wUz isham Lamb en mah missis wuz Martha Lamb. Mah mammy d~~d ~ ‘I~w~1z three y‘ars oie en I WuZ raised in de house ‘tu I ‘~(uZ big ‘nuff~ ter Wuk ot~t i~ de fiels wid do tithers, Mah inissis ham me ter sew, weav en spin.. I also he‘].ped ter cook en wuk in do house. .Atter L got blg‘er I went ter chuch wjdmah whIte folks en had ter set wid urther

8Jß~1Tes in dat part ob‘ de chuch whar r~obody but slaves W~li ~ be ‘loW~d~~. Ifl slaVery.Itse gît no maneyferwuk‘n butI~ don‘

st e al S~ mah white folks sho gib nie on de tither alavea plenty

~od ~tiiings ter~ eat ~ ~ Clothes ~ood I r:iuft fer anybody, ~atd~, en we went ter parties en urther pl~cea, en w‘at •~ else cot.i]~. I‘se
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	~‘Mah missis ivarned me ter pray, “Now I lay me down ter s lee p • I pray e Lawd mail sou 1 t er Ice ep ‚ b ut I f I shou ]~i •

die t fore I wake ‚ I pray de ~‘ai~id mah soul ter tek .„ I jined de Primitive Baptist Obuch w‘ile young en b‘en dere ebe‘y since.“

	.“Imember de oie song back dore, “Rock a Bye Baby, Yo Daddy‘s gon‘ a Huntin‘ ter git a Rabbit Skin ter put de Baby in.“

~i wu~z whup‘ d by mali mi seis fer things dat I ought‘ ri dun,

but dat• wuz rlte ~ De habL~est wimp‘ in she eber gib ins wuZ~ ‘bout ~ ~ . L ~ ~ had gathi~u‘ed de aigs in a bucket en tuk dem ter

~	- L~de big fier in de fier-~place so I tuk out two

-	~ ashes ter bake. Mahmissis se‘d