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Mrs* Carol Graham " '■ j»:^'
Mrs* Mildred Thompson A 09
El Dorado District
Fannie Sims* Customs "How ole is ah? Xm about 78* Yes f m ah wuz live durin
:Io v.-ah* Mah ole moster wuz Mis tuh Jake D umas we lived near de Ouachita rivuh
; c t five miles fum El Dorado landing Ah membush dat we washed at de spring
v-v, T/;a y £ um & e house* Tfhat dat yo say? Does ah know Ca'line* Ca'line,
la'vvsy, me yes. Ca f line Washington we use tuh call huh, she wuz one uv Mr*
Turas niggers* T7e washed fuh de soldiers* Had tuh carry dey clo'es tuh d em
artuh dark* Me an Ca f line had tuh carry dem* Ve had tuh hide de horse tuh
Vs3_: ' n e soldiers fum gittin him* When we would take de horse tuh de plum
err; s rd we would stay dah all day to dark wid "Blackie* Dat wuz de horse 1 s
-a;.H. Mah job mostly wuz tuh watch de chillun an feed mah mistress
•j-.i'jkens*
Ah kin recollect when dey took us an started tuh Texas* an got as
iiui cr-.z SI Dorado and found out dat us niggers wuz free* We went back an
r^^-a f s mistress f s son took us home wid him fuh stretches and stretches*
~. lived on de ole Camden road*
In mah da;"S ah've done plenty uv work but ah don' do nothing now
:-t -iece quilts* Dat T s whut ah f ve been doing fuh mah white fokes since
:.h Veen he ah* Ah jes finished piecing and quilt in two uv em* De
; !o.e and de Begger* Mah husban* been dead-31 years dis pas 1 August*
X. .r.h counts is by dese twins ah raised* One uv em lives in dis heah
"1t;ce right heah* Ah aint much count now* Sometime mah laig gets so big
~h .'?$ had tuh sloop mah foot erlong."