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	i~L.SLAV~ STORIES	Page One
(Texas)


SUSAN ~LITH Is not eure of
her ege, but appears to be in the lat e eight i e . She~ was a slave of Charles Weeks, in Iberia, Louisiana, Susan was dressed in a black and white print, a light blue aprOn and a black velvet hat when inter~. viewed, and seemed to be en~ joying the gener•us quid. of tobacco she took as she start~ ed to tell her story. ~





p, ~ ‘lieve I was nine or ten when freedom cor~ie ‚ ~ cause I was

t he whit e folks • O? d m~isa a was Charl le Weeks and he 1 Iv cd.
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His eons, willie and Ned, dey run business In de court house.

t~x collector and de other l•okln‘ after de land, and. am de Old missus named Mag Weeks.

“My pa named Dennis ~ and ma named Sabry and. raised on Weeks Island, in Louisiana, After dey was ‘vided. up and falls t. Massa CharlI e Weeks, and in Iberia in Bayou Tech..

	“Massa Charlie, he live in de big brick house with white columns and everybody what pass dire know dat place. Dey have de great big tomb In corner de yard, where dey buries all dey folks, but buries di cuilud folks b~ek •f de ouart ers. Dey‘ s well fix in Louisiana, but not so good after dey coi~ue to Texas.

	“Dey used to have big Christmas in Louisiana and lote of things for us, and a big table and kill hi~wgs and hs~ve lots to eat.But old. Missus Mag, ehe allus treat cii like her own chilien and mRke me set at de table with dem and eat.
nursing for In Iberia. One of d~

~	surveyor.
Joe, and dey borned old massa die, dey dat where I borned.,
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