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c~Ala,IE SE~E~RD, ag~ 84, lives at 4701 Springive., Dallas, Texas. She w2s born nea~ Gilmer, Texas, in 1852, a slave of the Stevens family. At prese~it she j_s cared for by her 68 year old son and his Wif4~.






	tlC~T~se I kin tell you. I ~ot ‘memberance like dey don‘t h~,ve now~days. Dat ‘~use thin,~s is goin‘ round and round too fast with,ut no settin1 rind talkin‘ thin&s ov~,r~

	“I‘s native born ri~ght down here at Gilmer on de old pl~ce ~nd Miss F~gnni~ c~ld tell roa de s~m~ if she co‘ild be in ~îour presence, but she went on t‘ Glory many a year ago. She de on~ whc~t raised me, ri~ght in de house with her own chilien. I slep‘ right in de house, il, de chiliens‘ room, in a little trunrile bed what jus‘ pushed back under de big bed when de niornin~ come. If her chilien et one side de table I et t‘other side, right by Miss Fannie‘s elbow,

	“Miss ]!annie, she Dr. Steven‘s wife ~nd dey from ~eor~ia rund 1i~~d near Giln~r till de doctor go~s off to de war and takes a sick~ iiCSS what he ain‘t never get peart from ~nd died.. Died right there on de old place. He was a right livin‘ m~n and dey allus good to me and my m~rnmy, what dey clone brought from Georgia and she de niain cook.

	“My m~uir~y don‘t think they ain‘t nobody like Miss Fannie. My marnOEty, she a little red...Indlan nig~r wom~i riot so big as me, and. Miss P~iiiny tell her, ‘Don‘t you cry ~cause dey tryin‘ make freedom, tcause de doctor done say we is gwine help you raise your babies.1