Oode No.	No. Words~  ~
Project, 1~5—(i)	Red~uced from~..3o1x1B
Prepared by Ahnte Ruth Davis	Rewritten by
Place ‚ Marion, 8.C.			__± 4 /
Date, October 21, 1937	~age7. ~	~	~ ~


back de hour dey expect to see us. Yes,mam, chuliun wa~ more obedient den. None of US didn‘ sass us parents. Won‘ raise dat way. I remember when I was young, I used to tote water en make fire to de pot for my mother to wash plenty times. Den dey learn nie how to use a hoe en when I was married en 1 eft home ‚ 1 noth in st range to me •„

	“No,mani, I did& have no weddin when I was married, but everything was pleasant en turned out all right. Tes,main, everybody don ‚ feel so good. leav in home ‚ but I fel t all right I ~aB niarried over dere in Bethel M.L Qhurch en served a little cake en wine dere home afterwards en dat am‘ no weddia. Didn‘ bave nothin but pound cake en wine. Had three plain cakes. Two was cut up dere home en I remember I carried one wid. me over Catfish dere to de Reave s place . „


~ou~e:	Sylvia Durant, ex—slave, age about 72, Marion, S.C. Personal interview by Annie Ruth Davis, Oct. ‚ 1937.