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	F~X-sLAv:~ s~roi~i~s	PRge One
	(Pexag)	;	84


CHA~IOTTE BEVERLY was born a slave to Cn.ptain Pank~y‘s wife, in Montgomery County, Texae. She haB 11Yf~d rao!t OEf her life within ~ radius of 60 miles frafl Houston, arid now lives with one of he~r children i~ a little house on tne highway betwe between Cleveland and Shepherd~, Texas. ~ ~1ie does n~ know her ~ße, but appears to be about
ninety. ‚	.


	H, ~ born in Montgoi~ery Count~r ~ IIS the iuud~er of eleven chilIen, four gals and seven boys. M~r grandma corne fr ‘xn Alabexna and 1A7 dadd7 was Strawder Green aM he belong to Col. Thi~hes. My maw named Phyllis and she belong to Capt. Pi~tkey.

	“There was ‘bout forty niggers, big and. litt1e~, on the plantation. Lawd, they was good. to us. Us didn‘ know nothin‘ ‘bout bad times and cutt Ing end whipping ~nd slasriing. I had~ to wo~c in the house and I ‘member one thing I has to do was scrub Mistus‘ gol‘ snuf!box twict a week, She kep‘ sweet, Scotch snuff and sometimes I takes a pinch out,

	“We used to go to the white folks church ~nd if us couldn‘ git ‘in ~e‘ cl stand round by the door and. sing ~ Mistus wouldn ‚ ‚ low us dance on the place but they give us pass to go to danceon ne& plantation, wîae re my clad:dy live,

	“avery year they have bit Christmas d.inner and ham ~nd turkey and allue feed~ us good. Us have Christmas party and. sing songs. That was sweet m~isic.

	“Marster have a lovely nouse, all celled and plastered. It was a log house but it W&~ iuake ~ veautiful inaide with mirrors an~ on

	~ . . the board was lots of s liver and china i~nd silver spoons with the li*in1e an~t part. of my jobwas to‘ keep ‘em sparklin‘.