~x~s1aVe Stories	~	Page 11
(Texas)








	“My husband and me farmed round f~r times, and then I done housework and cookin‘ f~r many years. I come to D~1ias an& cooked seven year for one white family. My husband died years ado. I ~ttess Miss Sarabeen dead these long years. I alILLs kep‘ my years by Miss Sara‘s years, ~count we is born so close.

	“I been blind and nios‘ helpless for five year. I~rn gittin‘ ini~ghty en~ feeblin‘ and I ain‘t walked outside the door for a long time back. I sets and ‘members the times in the world. I ‘members now clear as yesterdey things I forgot for a long time. I tmembers ‚ bout the days of slavery and I don‘ t ‚ lieve they ever gwine have slaves no more on this earth. I think G~awd done took that bu~rc~en offen his black chillun and. I ~m aimin‘ to praise hirn for it to his face in the days of Glory what ain~t SO far off.