SLAVE NARRATIVES - Library of Congress

*I went to school after the war whar I was born* C. N* Douglas,
the son of Napoleon Douglas, was my teacher* First teacher we had was
Miss Mary St rot tar* I know she couldn't learn us anything so they got
C. N. Douglas* He brought that paddle with the little holes and he
learned us something* I know my sister was next to me and she couldnH
get her spelling and I 9 d work my mouf so she could see* C* N. Douglas
caught me at it and he whipped me that day* I never worked my mouf again*
"I was the best speller in the school* I won a gold p*n and ink
stand and George Washington picture0
"Before the wax I member the overseer would say, f If you don f t have
that done tonight, I 1 11 whip you tomorrow* 9 They had one man was pretty
bad and I know they give him a thimble and a barrel and told him he had
to fill up that barrel, but he couldn f t do it you know and so they
whipped him*
"Mama used to whip me* She called me the *Devil f s Egg Bag f for a
long time* I used to take a darning needle and punch the eyes out of
guineas or chickens just to see em run around* She broke me of that* I
know now she never whip me enough, but she made a man of me* I got a
good name now* Always been a good worker* Done my work good and that's
what they want to know* Yes ma^, I f m old*"
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