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ZL.SLAVI STOiRIES
( Texas)

ÏARIAR SNTJ~ER, 89 ‚ was born
in ~iseis.ippi, a slaie of Sam Miller, who brought. lier t o Texas when she was five.
Since )Lariah‘e second 1rns~. band ~Ued, twent~.two years
ago, she has earned her living by washing and cooking. Now
too old to do much, she is cared for by her only living daughter, •~ with the aid of a $10.00 monthly pension.





~‘I‘s borned in Mississippi. Yes, sar. I ‘longed to Atassa

ailler and he name ~m S~i ‚ and my name am Mariah My pappy was Weldon and my mammy, inn . ILassa Sai fotches all US to Texas when V s j ~ five year oN and we c~*e in wagons and liosaback, Re done 1~iy my mama~y anti pappy in the slave market, so I don‘t kn~w nothin‘ ‘bout none my other • I at ions. ~

	“Massa Sam live in a great b.g, celled house, and had plenty

land and niggers . The quart ers was logs and any kith beds we could git.

We wore lowell clothes and I never seed no.~ other kith of dress till after surrender. !e et meat and collards and cornbread and rou~i grub,

. axicl they biled. all the victuals in a big, black pot what hung on a rack in the kitchen fireplace. ~te had red russet, flat shoes and no it ockin ‚ s ‚ but in ~winter we made wool pant tee to wear on our legs.

	NM1BS7 Was name Patsy and she was pUX‘ty goo~i, and Massa S~u was purty goot ‚ to‘~, Es‘ d whip us if we needed it ~ Re ‚ d pull of our clothes end~ ~ whip in the field. ~it he wouldn‘t ‘low the driver to ~1ip us if we didn‘ t need 1 t . No, . isar. And he wouldn t have n~ pat~ terrollers œi the plac,. . . ‚ . .
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