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?‚ ~	EL~SL~4V~ STORIES	Pace One
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~ARLH BENJAMIN, 82 ‚ was born
a slave of the ~ilbert family,

in Clavin Parish, iouisiana.
Ix~ 1867 she married. Ca]. Benj.~.
airiln ana. they settle& in Cors-rnicana, Texae, where sarah now

lives~





	UI is Sarah Benjamin and~ is 82 year old, ‘cause my maiii~y told~ me I~ born in l8~5 in Clavin Parish in ~aouisiana. Her name was Fannie arid. my pappy‘ s n~xne was JaCk Cal1ah~a • The re was ~~ts‘ three Gf u~s chilien and l‘s de oldest~

	“Marse Gilbert was toltsble rood. to we‘i~ns, ari~. give us plenty

to est. He ha~ a sm•kchei~tse bi~ as a church ant it was full, an~ in ~o bi: kitchen we ai]. et ‚ chilien afl~ all. De crown folks e t first ant &en ~1e chilien, Did~ we have plenty of p~s~iis ard fish by de barrels ~ All tis was coeke~ in ~e racks over ~e fireplace an~ it were goat.

~O~r clothes was all liainespwi ant ~e shoes mais by de shoe~n~ker.

Old nia;rse wantet ail us to ~o te charch ant if d.ey didn‘t have shoes toy have som~thin~ like te moccasin,

	“I ton‘ t know how ma~r sleves there was ‚ but it was a l~t ‚ maybe 60 or 70. Dey worke~1. hard every dey tcept ~unüy. Iff~n they was bad they nii~ht git whiappint s, b~it not too hart, riot to ~e blow. • Iffen &ey w~,s still bai-, dey puts ~ chains on de~ a~id puts tern in de stocks, ‘caus• there wasntt no ~a±]. there.

	“Řnc~ when I~e little~ marss st~ippeę me stark ms~Iern na~et ant p*te n‘e oil ts black, biat he wřulth~‘t sell~ie, ‘cau~se he w~s bit oniy $350.00 ant h. say n., ~cw~tse I was good. aM fat4