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(Texas)

NANCY KING, 93, was born in Upslmr County, Texas, a slave of Wi U tau Jacks on • She and her husband moved to Marshall, Texas, in 1866. Nancy now lives with her daughter, ktcy Staples.





	WI was borned and raised on William Jackson‘s place, just twelve miles east of Gilmer. I wa~ growed and had one child at surrender, and my rnother tola me I was a woman of my own whea Old Missie sot us free, jus‘ after sur~ render ‚ so you can fi~xrat e my age from that.

	“~Ly first child was borned the January befo‘ surrender in June, and I ‘members hoeing in the field befo‘ the war come on. Massa William raised lots of cotton and corn and tobacco and most everything we et. I never worked in the field, ‘sept to chase the calves in, till I was most growed. Massa was good to us. Course, I never went to school, but Old Missie sent my brother, Alex, two years after the war, with her own ehillen.

	‘~I was married dunn‘ the ~r and it was at church, with a wh-~te preacher, Old Missie give me the cloth and d~re for my weddin‘ dress and my mother spun and dyed the cloth, andI made it. It W~9 homespun but nothin‘ cheap ‘bout it for them days. After the weddin‘ massa cive us a big dinner and we had a time,

	“Massa done all the bossin‘ his own self. He never whipped ‘ne, but Old Misste had to switch me a llttlø for piddlin‘ round, ‘stead of dein1 what she said. ~very Sat‘day night we had a candy~ pullin‘ and played games, and allus had plenty 0± clothes and. shoes.

	HI seed. the soldier, comm1 aM gwine to the ware and ‘members when Mas~~ william left to go fight for the South. HIS bOy, Billie, was sixteen,


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