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	1~X~SLAVE STORL~S	Page One
	(Texas)	•

AGATHA BABINO, born a slave of Ogis Gu.idry, near Carenco, Louis..~ iana, now liveB in ~ cottage on the property of the Blessed Sac-. r~jaent Church, in B~ausaont, Texas. ~he s~‘s she is at least eightyseven and probably rauch older.





	‚I Old Marse was Ogis ~‘uidry. Old Mis s was Laurentine . t~y had. four chilien, Placid, Aiphonse ~rnd. Mary and Alexandrine, and. live in a big, one-~story house with ~ gallery ~nd brick pillrrs. Dey h~1 a big place. I ‘spect a mile ‘cross It, ~nd fifty slaves.

	“My mama n~xirwas Glance Richard. She come from South Carolina.

Papa was Dick Richard. He corne from North Carolina. He was slave of old

Placid Guilbeau. He live near Old. Marse. Uy brothers was Joe and Nlchol~s

and Oui ~nd Albert ~nd Maurice, and sisters was Maud and C~lestine and

Pauline.

	°Us slaves lived in shabby houses, De~r builded of logs and have dirt ~e have a four foot bench. ~e pull it to p. table nnd set on it.

	a platform with planks and moss,

	“W. had Sunday off. Christmas was off, too. De~v give us chicken and flour den. But most holidays de white folks hr~s company. Dat mean more work for us.

	“Old Marse bad. He beat us till we bleed. He rub salt and. pepper

in.	One time I sweep de yard. Young miss come home from college. She slap my face. She want to beat me. Mpjn~ ~ to beat her, so dey did.0 She took de beatin‘ fca‘ me.

	“My aunt ru.n off ‚ cause dey beat her so much. Dey bx~ig her back and beat her some more.