SLAVE NARRATIVES - Library of Congress

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tf I^Jy mother used to sit down and talk to us and tell us ahout slavery*
If she had died when I was young I wouldn f t have known much. But hy her
living till I was old, I learned a lot*
?T Ky mother*s old master was Tom Barnett, so she said* No, not f so she
said 1 "because I have seed him* He give her her age and all at that time*
I have it in my Bible* *ie said that she was twelve years old the Christmas
before the surrender. She surrender was in May, wasn't it?
";,!y mother's name was Susan Bearden. She married Ben Bearden* She
worked in Tom Barnett f s house* She milked and churned and f tended to the
children and all such as that. He never allowed her to go to the field.
Neither her mother, ray grandmother. She was the cook. My mother's name
oefore she married was Susan Barnett*
"iUi old colored lady that they had there seed after the colored chil-
dren. She looked after my mother too. She was so old she couldn't do
nothin' so they had her to look after the children* My grandmother was
kept husy oecause she had the white folks to cook for and she had all the
colored folks to cook for too*
"There is an old lady down on Spring Street that can give you a lot of
information ahout slavery times*
f, A hoy was telling her that someho-y was going f round askirg questions
aocut slavery and she said she wished he would come and see her.