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	Interview of Mrs. Candis Goodwin	.	//~» ‚	~? ~	A
	Aged 80 ~	1L~T:~	;;t~	~ ~ ~.
	Cape Charles, Virginia	 ~L.		‚	~-



Ah ain‘t kriowd, ‘xactly, how ol‘ ah is, but ah ba~n‘fo‘d~‘K~jz7~1 Baw~xoj~
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yonder at Seaview, on ol‘ Masser Scott‘s plantation. Tain‘t fur f‘om here. Yes,

~	~ reckon ah ‘bout six yeah ol‘ when c~e Yankees come, jes‘ a lii‘ thin‘, you know.

	My whi~.peop1e dey good tuh me. Cose dey gits mad wid you but dey don‘ beat non o‘ us; jes‘ ack lak it. Why, ah was jes lak dey‘s chullun; ah played wid ‘eui,

	et wid ‘ein an‘ eb‘n slep‘ wid ‘em. Ah kinder chilhish, ah reckon. Had muh own way. Muh mommer, she wuck in de qizater kitchen. She ahi‘ ha‘tuh wuck hawd lak sôme. }~~ad

it kinder easy, too. 3es ‚ lak ah tells yub ah al ‘ye had my way. Ah git s whut ah want s an ‚ eli ‘n dey don ‘t g! ‚ tuh me ‚ ah j ee ‚ teks it.

	~	No neber had no wuck to do in dem days ‘ceptin‘ nursin‘ de babies. ‘Twas jeep lak play; twan no wuck. UBter go ober to Nottingham‘s tub play, go long wid Missu~ chillun, yuh know. Ah lake tuh go ober there cause dey has good jam an‘

biscuits. Ef ‘ri dey don gi ‚ me none, ah jes ‚ teks ~ some. Dey don do nuttin ‚ ; 3es‘ say, “Tek yuh han‘ out dat plate“. But ah got whut ah wants der. Wh~!f We chillun

user hab a time ‘round ol‘ Missus‘ place. iUi us chillun uster git t~ogeder an‘

go in de woods iuh play. Yes, de white and. black uns, too. De grea‘ big whi‘ boys uster go ‘long wid us, too. Know how we play? We tek de brown pine shadows an‘

zuek houses outer ‘em an‘ den mek grass outer de green uns. Den we go ober Missus‘ dairy and steal inythirig we want an‘ tek it to our houses in de woods. Dem was

good ol‘ times, ah tel yuh, honey.

	~	Tel yuh, whut ah uster do. Ah uster play pranks on ol‘ ~sse~ . ~h ~s regular lii‘ devil, ah was.Come night, ev‘y body sit ‘round big ffre place in

living room. Soon it git kinder late, Massa git up outer his cheer tuh win‘ up . de clock. Ah gits hin‘ his cheer ret ea8y, an‘ quick eneak his cheer f“orn un‘er hùt; an ‚ When hé finish hé set sn~ek on de flow Den he Bay “Dogone yuh ‘

~	c~tt~‘~~‘•ab gwan‘~ùitcb yuh$“ ~ Ah 5es‘ flyöut de ~ room. 1Worf~ sc4‘~red though è~ise ~