This is a table of type quadgram and their frequencies. Use it to search & browse the list to learn more about your study carrel.
quadgram | frequency |
---|---|
i was born in | 323 |
irene robertson person interviewed | 246 |
miss irene robertson person | 244 |
bernice bowden person interviewed | 142 |
when i was a | 120 |
i went to school | 94 |
by the name of | 73 |
my mother and father | 70 |
my father was a | 68 |
for the purpose of | 64 |
worked in the field | 63 |
my mother was a | 60 |
at the same time | 58 |
right after the war | 57 |
name and address of | 53 |
i never went to | 52 |
i was a little | 51 |
for a long time | 51 |
was a white man | 49 |
the mouth of the | 48 |
in the direction of | 48 |
my father and mother | 47 |
never went to school | 46 |
work in the field | 43 |
died when i was | 42 |
was good to me | 42 |
a part of the | 40 |
man by the name | 40 |
the end of the | 40 |
the banks of the | 39 |
in front of the | 39 |
at the end of | 39 |
the war was over | 39 |
this information given by | 38 |
went to school a | 38 |
a man by the | 38 |
as soon as the | 37 |
when i was young | 37 |
moved from bottom of | 37 |
the side of the | 36 |
to take care of | 36 |
information moved from bottom | 36 |
i come to arkansas | 35 |
had plenty to eat | 34 |
i want you to | 33 |
was one of the | 33 |
in a short time | 33 |
i was born on | 32 |
when i was born | 32 |
the rest of the | 32 |
the ku klux klan | 32 |
to go to the | 32 |
was a field hand | 32 |
was a good man | 32 |
i went to the | 31 |
i was a boy | 31 |
folklore subjects name of | 31 |
subjects name of interviewer | 31 |
i was born at | 31 |
he was a good | 31 |
to read and write | 31 |
one of the most | 31 |
i was a child | 30 |
had a hard time | 30 |
was born in slavery | 30 |
and address of person | 30 |
up and down the | 30 |
from bottom of first | 29 |
i belong to the | 29 |
bottom of first page | 29 |
of the ku klux | 29 |
out in the yard | 29 |
the name of the | 28 |
of the united states | 28 |
when the yankees come | 27 |
the edge of the | 27 |
was born a slave | 27 |
on the banks of | 27 |
on the other side | 27 |
up to the house | 27 |
in the state of | 27 |
in the field and | 27 |
at the foot of | 26 |
the surface of the | 26 |
heard my mother say | 26 |
i used to be | 26 |
i am going to | 26 |
for the white folks | 25 |
my mother was sold | 25 |
banks of the mississippi | 25 |
at the head of | 25 |
he was good to | 24 |
was born close to | 24 |
arkansas name of worker | 24 |
the time of the | 24 |
my mother was born | 24 |
was good to us | 24 |
the foot of the | 24 |
the state of arkansas | 24 |
married when i was | 23 |
west of the mississippi | 23 |
about the ku klux | 23 |
they was good to | 23 |
my mother was named | 23 |
the sources of the | 23 |
there was a man | 23 |
and address of informant | 23 |
farmed all my life | 23 |
i worked in the | 23 |
was twelve years old | 22 |
years old when the | 22 |
let me tell you | 22 |
i was a baby | 22 |
when the war was | 22 |
the hands of the | 22 |
of an inch in | 22 |
i farmed all my | 22 |
i used to vote | 22 |
in the united states | 22 |
mother was born in | 22 |
the middle of the | 22 |
the ku klux was | 22 |
i was a good | 21 |
i heard my mother | 21 |
was born in north | 21 |
know how old i | 21 |
i was born close | 21 |
used to be a | 21 |
to the house and | 21 |
the head of the | 21 |
i was in the | 21 |
the bottom of the | 21 |
in the spring of | 21 |
as soon as they | 21 |
in the house and | 21 |
i never did see | 21 |
had a lot of | 21 |
there was a big | 21 |
he was going to | 21 |
they had a big | 20 |
in the fall of | 20 |
years old when i | 20 |
know what to do | 20 |
my father was born | 20 |
after the war was | 20 |
one of the men | 20 |
asked him if he | 20 |
was born in mississippi | 20 |
i know i was | 20 |
was out in the | 20 |
to school a day | 20 |
on account of the | 20 |
they said they was | 20 |
to go back to | 20 |
as soon as he | 20 |
the library of congress | 20 |
out in the field | 20 |
my mother told me | 20 |
when the war started | 20 |
what do you mean | 19 |
some of the slaves | 19 |
and some of them | 19 |
the top of the | 19 |
born in slavery times | 19 |
day in my life | 19 |
was big enough to | 19 |
was the mother of | 19 |
to go to school | 19 |
where i was born | 19 |
when i come to | 19 |
when i was little | 19 |
had to go to | 19 |
i was here in | 19 |
after the civil war | 19 |
then i went to | 19 |
in the middle of | 19 |
like they do now | 19 |
born in north carolina | 19 |
i worked on the | 19 |
in the way of | 19 |
father was born in | 18 |
i was born a | 18 |
in the civil war | 18 |
by the library of | 18 |
he said he was | 18 |
i used to hear | 18 |
they said it was | 18 |
school a day in | 18 |
i remember when the | 18 |
i was big enough | 18 |
to work in the | 18 |
the face of the | 18 |
a day in my | 18 |
in the woods and | 18 |
went back to the | 18 |
my father was named | 17 |
i think it was | 17 |
time of the war | 17 |
to school a little | 17 |
by the side of | 17 |
come to our house | 17 |
the direction of the | 17 |
the deck of the | 17 |
most of the time | 17 |
out in the woods | 17 |
i heard em say | 17 |
plenty to eat and | 17 |
she was born in | 17 |
a long time ago | 17 |
we come to arkansas | 17 |
i have heard my | 17 |
during the civil war | 17 |
was scared to death | 17 |
with the exception of | 17 |
know what it was | 17 |
my old master was | 17 |
five or six years | 16 |
and things like that | 16 |
i never heard of | 16 |
to the big house | 16 |
there was not a | 16 |
that was in the | 16 |
an inch in diameter | 16 |
told me i was | 16 |
a whole lot of | 16 |
the white folks had | 16 |
and my mother was | 16 |
was too old to | 16 |
they were going to | 16 |
i heard her say | 16 |
i got to be | 16 |
the ku klux never | 16 |
i was born and | 16 |
quarter of a mile | 16 |
that is all i | 16 |
i washed and ironed | 16 |
in the time of | 16 |
district folklore subjects name | 16 |
on the place and | 16 |
into the hands of | 16 |
years after the war | 16 |
i can tell you | 16 |
at the mouth of | 16 |
the yankees come through | 16 |
the camp of the | 16 |
was sold away from | 16 |
i never did know | 16 |
the other side of | 16 |
four or five years | 16 |
and took care of | 15 |
what are you doing | 15 |
put you in touch | 15 |
the white folks and | 15 |
the close of the | 15 |
circumstances of interview state | 15 |
after the war i | 15 |
nothing to do with | 15 |
mother died when i | 15 |
as long as he | 15 |
of the civil war | 15 |
fork of white river | 15 |
was a cook and | 15 |
as long as i | 15 |
told us we was | 15 |
they used to have | 15 |
in favor of the | 15 |
to eat and wear | 15 |
of one of the | 15 |
i used to work | 15 |
in the yard and | 15 |
is one of the | 15 |
a quarter of a | 15 |
they used to be | 15 |
was a little girl | 15 |
in the hands of | 15 |
in touch with informant | 15 |
and time of interview | 15 |
and some of the | 15 |
i was a young | 15 |
when the war ended | 15 |
i was a girl | 15 |
told them they was | 15 |
when freedom come on | 15 |
was a little boy | 15 |
when i was about | 15 |
he was a slave | 15 |
before i was born | 15 |
the slaves lived in | 15 |
who put you in | 15 |
of the state of | 15 |
we had plenty to | 15 |
she said she was | 15 |
i have been married | 15 |
that is the way | 15 |
i had a good | 15 |
that is to say | 15 |
in the confederate army | 15 |
some of them would | 15 |
i went back to | 15 |
two or three years | 15 |
was when i was | 15 |
you in touch with | 15 |
of the western country | 15 |
date and time of | 15 |
i married when i | 15 |
would go to the | 15 |
them they was free | 15 |
a great deal of | 15 |
was in the war | 14 |
that he was a | 14 |
points gained in interview | 14 |
in one of the | 14 |
place and date of | 14 |
and there was a | 14 |
community and religious activities | 14 |
it must have been | 14 |
in eighteen hundred and | 14 |
all my life till | 14 |
in the midst of | 14 |
personal history of informant | 14 |
us we was free | 14 |
here to pine bluff | 14 |
eighteen hundred and sixty | 14 |
my grandfather on my | 14 |
had a good time | 14 |
i was years old | 14 |
was born in georgia | 14 |
the ku klux come | 14 |
came to little rock | 14 |
what was known as | 14 |
to keep them from | 14 |
when the civil war | 14 |
it was in the | 14 |
i had to work | 14 |
i stayed there till | 14 |
other points gained in | 14 |
and date of birth | 14 |
i been here in | 14 |
mother and father were | 14 |
side of the road | 14 |
and washed and ironed | 14 |
i used to go | 14 |
the son of the | 14 |
here in pine bluff | 14 |
out in the country | 14 |
father and mother were | 14 |
for the first time | 14 |
and i had to | 14 |
appears to have been | 14 |
been here ever since | 14 |
the corner of the | 14 |
was born in alabama | 14 |
washed and ironed and | 14 |
she was a field | 14 |
was a house girl | 14 |
i was born right | 14 |
how old i am | 14 |
how old i was | 14 |
out without a pass | 14 |
a short distance from | 14 |
to go to war | 14 |
i was the oldest | 14 |
old when the war | 14 |
in which he had | 13 |
been a long time | 13 |
my husband was a | 13 |
he was in the | 13 |
they went to the | 13 |
my mother belonged to | 13 |
the great north fork | 13 |
repetitive information deleted from | 13 |
in a few days | 13 |
keep the yankees from | 13 |
and as soon as | 13 |
the captain of the | 13 |
information deleted from subsequent | 13 |
a hundred years old | 13 |
was here in slavery | 13 |
i will tell you | 13 |
know what to think | 13 |
and my father was | 13 |
to get away from | 13 |
i do not know | 13 |
in command of the | 13 |
with the white folks | 13 |
they had to work | 13 |
was born in south | 13 |
year of the surrender | 13 |
went to the field | 13 |
as far as the | 13 |
of missouri and arkansas | 13 |
to get out of | 13 |
i come here to | 13 |
on the farm of | 13 |
and the white folks | 13 |
i never seen no | 13 |
information this information given | 13 |
the waters of the | 13 |
i was too young | 13 |
in the big house | 13 |
was born in tennessee | 13 |
was known as the | 13 |
special skills and interests | 13 |
when i come here | 13 |
of the men who | 13 |
when i got big | 13 |
on the block and | 13 |
she was good to | 13 |
me and my sister | 13 |
a large number of | 13 |
in the name of | 13 |
went to school in | 13 |
and one of the | 13 |
i got big enough | 13 |
was eight years old | 13 |
deleted from subsequent pages | 13 |
he went to the | 13 |
on the top of | 13 |
at the age of | 13 |
some of the white | 13 |
there till i was | 13 |
was a man by | 13 |
was born in virginia | 13 |
the commander of the | 13 |
i was a slave | 13 |
to the door and | 12 |
i never had a | 12 |
and went to the | 12 |
morning of the th | 12 |
two or three days | 12 |
go to the field | 12 |
he was one of | 12 |
on the ground and | 12 |
was too young to | 12 |
never had no trouble | 12 |
the ku klux but | 12 |
born in south carolina | 12 |
i was twelve years | 12 |
want to tell you | 12 |
on the side of | 12 |
the body of the | 12 |
i worked for the | 12 |
had a great big | 12 |
you are going to | 12 |
prepared by the federal | 12 |
on the morning of | 12 |
i wish i could | 12 |
i went to see | 12 |
the morning of the | 12 |
to a man named | 12 |
after the war my | 12 |
i have been a | 12 |
the younger generation is | 12 |
when peace was declared | 12 |
and i want you | 12 |
how old i is | 12 |
the white folks was | 12 |
some of them was | 12 |
some of them had | 12 |
in the vicinity of | 12 |
the stars and stripes | 12 |
north fork of white | 12 |
take care of the | 12 |
come to the house | 12 |
my father said he | 12 |
i never had no | 12 |
white folks was good | 12 |
was made out of | 12 |
i was just a | 12 |
for a few minutes | 12 |
i member when they | 12 |
and take care of | 12 |
my mother was the | 12 |
and went into camp | 12 |
to keep the yankees | 12 |
my mother used to | 12 |
when i was in | 12 |
i been in arkansas | 12 |
at the time of | 12 |
he was born in | 12 |
my father belonged to | 12 |
learned to read and | 12 |
the first thing i | 12 |
stayed there till i | 12 |
i got so i | 12 |
they said i was | 12 |
i told him that | 12 |
when he was a | 12 |
i never will forget | 12 |
and he was a | 12 |
part of the country | 12 |
and told them they | 12 |
and down the room | 12 |
i was too little | 12 |
and a lot of | 12 |
ku klux but i | 12 |
was a pretty good | 12 |
i worked at the | 12 |
i have been in | 11 |
here in little rock | 11 |
i was raised up | 11 |
and i used to | 11 |
before the civil war | 11 |
come on the train | 11 |
when i was small | 11 |
to be able to | 11 |
i was going to | 11 |
some of the people | 11 |
in the house with | 11 |
the sides of the | 11 |
she was a good | 11 |
and the ku klux | 11 |
side of the river | 11 |
a good deal of | 11 |
the names of my | 11 |
we are going to | 11 |
born right here in | 11 |
that was in slavery | 11 |
he said he would | 11 |
went to the war | 11 |
two hundred and fifty | 11 |
was born in arkansas | 11 |
not able to work | 11 |
i was born down | 11 |
when the war come | 11 |
after the war and | 11 |
was a man of | 11 |
the upper part of | 11 |
the manner in which | 11 |
from time to time | 11 |
and give it to | 11 |
know the names of | 11 |
do you mean by | 11 |
he had a big | 11 |
the man who had | 11 |
they said he was | 11 |
a short time the | 11 |
as far as i | 11 |
the back of the | 11 |
she worked in the | 11 |
fourth of an inch | 11 |
had two or three | 11 |
end of the year | 11 |
was four years old | 11 |
have a hard time | 11 |
my father and my | 11 |
fall of the year | 11 |
i can remember when | 11 |
fourths of an inch | 11 |
and i was born | 11 |
the junction of the | 11 |
ku klux never bothered | 11 |
must have been a | 11 |
in a low voice | 11 |
i never had any | 11 |
in the first place | 11 |
the company of the | 11 |
of the younger generation | 11 |
free as i am | 11 |
i wanted to go | 11 |
was good to her | 11 |
my grandmother on my | 11 |
we come on the | 11 |
years old when she | 11 |
in the form of | 11 |
seen the ku klux | 11 |
had to have a | 11 |
had a good master | 11 |
back to the house | 11 |
tell you what i | 11 |
it was hard to | 11 |
that they used to | 11 |
of the civil law | 11 |
folks was good to | 11 |
to make a living | 11 |
at the sight of | 11 |
then we went to | 11 |
the yankees come and | 11 |
and in a few | 11 |
in a few minutes | 11 |
and i went to | 11 |
and he had a | 11 |
not far from the | 10 |
used to tell me | 10 |
it was a long | 10 |
when they went to | 10 |
was three years old | 10 |
the old age pension | 10 |
was just a little | 10 |
to pine bluff and | 10 |
that was the first | 10 |
went to school but | 10 |
up to the big | 10 |
there a long time | 10 |
once in a while | 10 |
six years old when | 10 |
i reckon i was | 10 |
i was on the | 10 |
a member of the | 10 |
at an early hour | 10 |
when i got to | 10 |
of the colored folks | 10 |
if you wanted to | 10 |
they would have a | 10 |
one hundred and fifty | 10 |
i member when the | 10 |
come up to the | 10 |
took care of the | 10 |
was going to be | 10 |
at the moment when | 10 |
a lot of things | 10 |
i was one of | 10 |
my white folks was | 10 |
acres of land and | 10 |
i want to see | 10 |
i been married twice | 10 |
i was able to | 10 |
camp of the mexicans | 10 |
the front of the | 10 |
the first time i | 10 |
i took care of | 10 |
to get rid of | 10 |
on each side of | 10 |
what is to be | 10 |
said the old man | 10 |
to the white folks | 10 |
the old man was | 10 |
i am years old | 10 |
he would have to | 10 |
you want to know | 10 |
in a tone of | 10 |
something to eat and | 10 |
all over the country | 10 |
like it is now | 10 |
i used to pick | 10 |
she was the mother | 10 |
i have heard of | 10 |
was fifteen years old | 10 |
you wants to know | 10 |
was born right here | 10 |
free as he was | 10 |
got to be a | 10 |
i been here a | 10 |
i went to work | 10 |
was born in the | 10 |
the young generation is | 10 |
similar to the preceding | 10 |
appear to have been | 10 |
my father died in | 10 |
i know one thing | 10 |
stayed in the house | 10 |
till i come to | 10 |
my mother said they | 10 |
come to arkansas in | 10 |
personal information moved from | 10 |
in sight of the | 10 |
i get a little | 10 |
i guess it was | 10 |
are you going to | 10 |
that he had been | 10 |
said it was a | 10 |
he was a white | 10 |
at the close of | 10 |
i never heard her | 10 |
the county seat of | 10 |
seven or eight years | 10 |
they would have to | 10 |
and they had a | 10 |
me and my wife | 10 |
that is what i | 10 |
the counties of oregon | 10 |
the civil war and | 10 |
that i was born | 10 |
and a number of | 10 |
was a great big | 10 |
was a young man | 10 |
what they told me | 10 |
my mother had a | 10 |
when my mother died | 10 |
and told us we | 10 |
and went back to | 10 |
like they used to | 10 |
i have seen the | 10 |
the enforcement of the | 10 |
the house and told | 10 |
miles west of the | 10 |
the end of a | 10 |
used to come to | 10 |
right here in arkansas | 10 |
i was so little | 10 |
and they had to | 10 |
wanted to go to | 10 |
the fall of the | 10 |
when we come to | 9 |
under the name of | 9 |
thomas elmore lucy person | 9 |
was born and raised | 9 |
the people of the | 9 |
i was scared to | 9 |
for two or three | 9 |
sources of the st | 9 |
and i want to | 9 |
i was three years | 9 |
a short time after | 9 |
me and my husband | 9 |
what is the matter | 9 |
he said to me | 9 |
half an inch in | 9 |
i was scared of | 9 |
we had a good | 9 |
out of the house | 9 |
there was a lot | 9 |
wanted to go back | 9 |
it was just like | 9 |
at the bottom of | 9 |
in the course of | 9 |
was a colored man | 9 |
early in the morning | 9 |
company of the west | 9 |
was a lot of | 9 |
was a free man | 9 |
was my old master | 9 |
my father went to | 9 |
old master was named | 9 |
enough to go to | 9 |
then i come to | 9 |
do you know what | 9 |
father and my mother | 9 |
the form of a | 9 |
who had been a | 9 |
me when i was | 9 |
i was four years | 9 |
by the united states | 9 |
got big enough to | 9 |
a number of the | 9 |
it used to be | 9 |
that i was a | 9 |
the spot where the | 9 |
i was born after | 9 |
i must have been | 9 |
i wish i had | 9 |
mother was a field | 9 |
have heard my mother | 9 |
first thing i remember | 9 |
was so good to | 9 |
that they had been | 9 |
the old man and | 9 |
tell you the truth | 9 |
his wife was named | 9 |
went into the house | 9 |
he was a soldier | 9 |
the valley of the | 9 |
the big house and | 9 |
as near as i | 9 |
you want me to | 9 |
you know that i | 9 |
close of the war | 9 |
enforcement of the civil | 9 |
acres and a mule | 9 |
i heard them say | 9 |
that they were going | 9 |
was kept in the | 9 |
than they do now | 9 |
i never did hear | 9 |
put me in the | 9 |
what do you want | 9 |
got to go to | 9 |
he was a man | 9 |
the commencement of the | 9 |
in a long time | 9 |
quite a number of | 9 |
you mean by that | 9 |
know what to say | 9 |
sold away from her | 9 |
to cross the river | 9 |
my mother died when | 9 |
is it possible that | 9 |
a hole in the | 9 |
surface of the ground | 9 |
and take the oath | 9 |
if not enough space | 9 |
have nothing to do | 9 |
the house and the | 9 |
they used to sing | 9 |
some of the young | 9 |
said they had a | 9 |
as well as i | 9 |
long as he lived | 9 |
to come in and | 9 |
in such a manner | 9 |
around the house and | 9 |
the names of the | 9 |
to one of the | 9 |
at the house and | 9 |
two and a half | 9 |
of the white folks | 9 |
boys and three girls | 9 |
both black and white | 9 |
he must have been | 9 |
upper part of the | 9 |
other side of the | 9 |
mother and father was | 9 |
the head of a | 9 |
near the head of | 9 |
of a few minutes | 9 |
the time i was | 9 |
a year or two | 9 |
but i never seen | 9 |
of the union men | 9 |
when i got back | 9 |
was a field woman | 9 |
enough space on this | 9 |
just after the war | 9 |
been here a long | 9 |
out of the way | 9 |
was a long time | 9 |
just the same as | 9 |
said he was a | 9 |
help from the welfare | 9 |
as soon as i | 9 |
the place where the | 9 |
the light of the | 9 |
never had any trouble | 9 |
of the young lady | 9 |
in the centre of | 9 |
space on this page | 9 |
my father was sold | 9 |
since i was a | 9 |
men who had been | 9 |
in the morning and | 9 |
he said it was | 9 |
there would be a | 9 |
at the commencement of | 9 |
we had a big | 9 |
the east side of | 9 |
was good to them | 9 |
a white man and | 9 |
that he could not | 9 |
when they got through | 9 |
the war come on | 9 |
how freedom came the | 9 |
i never heard my | 9 |
in the shape of | 9 |
end of the war | 9 |
that is about all | 9 |
worked on the shares | 9 |
not enough space on | 9 |
and worked on the | 9 |
every now and then | 9 |
if they wanted to | 9 |
and i never did | 9 |
would have to be | 9 |
a few of the | 9 |
when she was a | 9 |
a few years ago | 9 |
i want to tell | 9 |
collection of relics from | 9 |
was old enough to | 9 |
and the old man | 9 |
one of the best | 9 |
went to the house | 9 |
they would go to | 9 |
from house to house | 9 |
and they would give | 9 |
in the field till | 9 |
what is known as | 9 |
got a chance to | 9 |
to little rock and | 9 |
and i know that | 9 |
at the present time | 9 |
a long time after | 9 |
to get a pass | 9 |
was in the field | 9 |
was too little to | 9 |
the sulphate of barytes | 9 |
i was born the | 9 |
and his wife was | 9 |
no place to go | 9 |
elmore lucy person interviewed | 9 |
i reckon it was | 8 |
the country of the | 8 |
and went to work | 8 |
we used to have | 8 |
the field and i | 8 |
i stayed in the | 8 |
fill up the bowl | 8 |
president of the united | 8 |
too old to go | 8 |
they had to go | 8 |
that there was a | 8 |
they ought to be | 8 |
when they wanted to | 8 |
but i was born | 8 |
was ten years old | 8 |
as soon as it | 8 |
of the great north | 8 |
it seems to me | 8 |
we went to the | 8 |
till after the war | 8 |
old when she died | 8 |
but i can remember | 8 |
know whether it was | 8 |
i did not know | 8 |
master was good to | 8 |
a few paces from | 8 |
all drink stone blind | 8 |
come out of the | 8 |
but i tell you | 8 |
the name of his | 8 |
to keep up with | 8 |
so far as i | 8 |
stayed on the place | 8 |
was good to him | 8 |
the first work i | 8 |
me in the field | 8 |
he went to war | 8 |
in the field in | 8 |
was five years old | 8 |
the base of the | 8 |
forty acres of land | 8 |
west banks of the | 8 |
about three or four | 8 |
the character of the | 8 |
boys and two girls | 8 |
slave name and address | 8 |
i was so small | 8 |
the bed of the | 8 |
near as i can | 8 |
was in slavery times | 8 |
belong to the same | 8 |
know what become of | 8 |
walking up and down | 8 |
as i can remember | 8 |
what to think of | 8 |
that he would be | 8 |
the life of the | 8 |
the master of life | 8 |
i live with my | 8 |
on the next day | 8 |
i worked on a | 8 |
the mother of loyal | 8 |
heard of the ku | 8 |
if you want to | 8 |
tell you one thing | 8 |
said that he was | 8 |
hundred pounds of cotton | 8 |
voted a republican ticket | 8 |
and the number of | 8 |
in a few moments | 8 |
i have been here | 8 |
as soon as we | 8 |
they had plenty of | 8 |
her all the time | 8 |
to the baptist church | 8 |
in the early part | 8 |
been dead a long | 8 |
the arrival of the | 8 |
the war broke out | 8 |
big enough to work | 8 |
lived in log houses | 8 |
the track of the | 8 |
in the month of | 8 |
in the field all | 8 |
inches in diameter and | 8 |
i was out in | 8 |
lived in a log | 8 |
to do with it | 8 |
you could hear the | 8 |
the bank of the | 8 |
the early part of | 8 |
my daddy was a | 8 |
when my mother was | 8 |
but he had a | 8 |
mother of loyal heart | 8 |
we had a plenty | 8 |
was what they called | 8 |
to take the oath | 8 |
an old white man | 8 |
part of the body | 8 |
to the house to | 8 |
the number of mines | 8 |
the first place i | 8 |
banks of the river | 8 |
in front of him | 8 |
the women and children | 8 |
want to go back | 8 |
it was a big | 8 |
the white folks would | 8 |
of the mississippi valley | 8 |
to the house of | 8 |
under the influence of | 8 |
remember the ku klux | 8 |
the district of columbia | 8 |
i should like to | 8 |
and when they got | 8 |
was born on the | 8 |
went to war and | 8 |
and told him that | 8 |
short distance from the | 8 |
in the presence of | 8 |
the present times is | 8 |
some of the most | 8 |
i was grown and | 8 |
i seen the yankees | 8 |
they took all the | 8 |
left and went to | 8 |
how to read and | 8 |
i was ten years | 8 |
i think it is | 8 |
went down to the | 8 |
i was old enough | 8 |
on the edge of | 8 |
by one of the | 8 |
the author that he | 8 |
just like they do | 8 |
ever since i was | 8 |
i slept on a | 8 |
along the banks of | 8 |
was thirteen years old | 8 |
is inches in length | 8 |
as if they had | 8 |
under the command of | 8 |
to his feet and | 8 |
as soon as you | 8 |
that some of the | 8 |
of the young folks | 8 |
was said to be | 8 |
thing i remember was | 8 |
would come in and | 8 |
part of the state | 8 |
to go down to | 8 |
it would have been | 8 |
a short time before | 8 |
she said it was | 8 |
i was born near | 8 |
lying on the ground | 8 |
a house girl and | 8 |
he was about to | 8 |
far as i know | 8 |
help from the government | 8 |
was the only one | 8 |
went to school some | 8 |
scared to death of | 8 |
the opposite side of | 8 |
all the rest of | 8 |
come back to arkansas | 8 |
of the house and | 8 |
but they never did | 8 |
mother was a house | 8 |
he was a very | 8 |
i had to do | 8 |
and i was a | 8 |
i used to have | 8 |
if it had been | 8 |
the war right after | 8 |
after the war they | 8 |
he said that he | 8 |
she and my father | 8 |
they was going to | 8 |
up on the block | 8 |
the center of the | 8 |
in south carolina and | 8 |
is to be done | 8 |
that part of the | 8 |
but i have heard | 8 |
me i was free | 8 |
all i know about | 8 |
an inch in thickness | 8 |
to the right and | 8 |
of the mississippi river | 8 |
the general and his | 8 |
come and got me | 8 |
but a short time | 8 |
when i went to | 8 |
we used to sing | 8 |
watt mckinney person interviewed | 8 |
to the guard house | 8 |
when she was sold | 8 |
to go out and | 8 |
was pretty good to | 8 |
my mother say that | 8 |
one of them was | 8 |
the block and sold | 8 |
here a long time | 8 |
a man who was | 8 |
similar to the above | 8 |
after peace was declared | 8 |
it was a good | 8 |
worked on the farm | 8 |
the remainder of the | 8 |
eight years old when | 8 |
command of the post | 8 |
as well as the | 8 |
year i was born | 8 |
my young master was | 8 |
heard my father say | 8 |
used to go to | 8 |
in the depths of | 8 |
from one of the | 8 |
when freedom was declared | 8 |
justice of the peace | 8 |
that was the only | 8 |
i heard my father | 8 |
that is the reason | 8 |
had three boys and | 8 |
was a slave and | 8 |
was six years old | 8 |
come to this country | 8 |
this part of the | 8 |
so that he could | 8 |
till i was grown | 8 |
he was an old | 8 |
all at once a | 8 |
old when he died | 8 |
after the war right | 8 |
they had a little | 8 |
learned me how to | 8 |
was killed in the | 8 |
a lot of the | 8 |
i was young i | 8 |
the th missouri cavalry | 8 |
cooked and washed and | 8 |
part of the time | 8 |
it is necessary to | 8 |
twelve years old when | 8 |
i lived with my | 8 |
i know that you | 8 |
to arkansas when i | 7 |
the midst of the | 7 |
to the quarters and | 7 |
one day i was | 7 |
too old to work | 7 |
nearly all the time | 7 |
he is going to | 7 |
the th day of | 7 |
was born in a | 7 |
brought us to the | 7 |
want you to go | 7 |
a place to stay | 7 |
dead a long time | 7 |
had to do was | 7 |
go back to see | 7 |
appeared to have been | 7 |
was after the war | 7 |
had a plenty to | 7 |
the foot of a | 7 |
stay in the woods | 7 |
the state of missouri | 7 |
i had to go | 7 |
never worked in the | 7 |
the field to work | 7 |
with a number of | 7 |
read and write and | 7 |
and then they would | 7 |
and worked in the | 7 |
long as i live | 7 |
moved to little rock | 7 |
she was a little | 7 |
i come back here | 7 |
was the one that | 7 |
for a short time | 7 |
i want to say | 7 |
a corner of the | 7 |
on the same day | 7 |
i heard him say | 7 |
in the war and | 7 |
never seen no ku | 7 |
the son of a | 7 |
used to live in | 7 |
born before the war | 7 |
to be one of | 7 |
of stone articles of | 7 |
i never did get | 7 |
for the sake of | 7 |
we come back to | 7 |
to be in the | 7 |
and at the same | 7 |
what they called the | 7 |
was a log house | 7 |
the author had been | 7 |
was born in in | 7 |
some time in the | 7 |
of the lopeared dutch | 7 |
to talk to you | 7 |
i was a small | 7 |
when i was three | 7 |
inches in length by | 7 |
the history of the | 7 |
that i went to | 7 |
they had a good | 7 |
before she married was | 7 |
counties of oregon and | 7 |
enough to keep a | 7 |
three or four months | 7 |
when they come in | 7 |
when they come to | 7 |
the territory of arkansas | 7 |
the year of the | 7 |
i never seed him | 7 |
the control of the | 7 |
opposite side of the | 7 |
how do you know | 7 |
food was kept in | 7 |
the young people of | 7 |
soon as they were | 7 |
i went into the | 7 |
it appears to me | 7 |
that was what they | 7 |
i got a good | 7 |
boys and one girl | 7 |
went to work for | 7 |
from to inches in | 7 |
do you want to | 7 |
from one place to | 7 |
and made a crop | 7 |
to the end of | 7 |
from the state of | 7 |
went to see her | 7 |
since i been here | 7 |
times is hard for | 7 |
i never seen a | 7 |
the men who had | 7 |
at this moment the | 7 |
the southern part of | 7 |
had a heap of | 7 |
a portion of the | 7 |
to have a pass | 7 |
me to tell you | 7 |
how they used to | 7 |
had a chance to | 7 |
it would be a | 7 |
two years after the | 7 |
a good master and | 7 |
slaves lived in log | 7 |
me that i was | 7 |
i was raised on | 7 |
mouth of the flue | 7 |
when they had a | 7 |
had to get a | 7 |
go down to the | 7 |
to go back and | 7 |
in pursuit of him | 7 |
give it to me | 7 |
one of the boys | 7 |
to see my mother | 7 |
the hacienda del milagro | 7 |
told her she was | 7 |
i learned to read | 7 |
he was a blacksmith | 7 |
to me but i | 7 |
on the floor and | 7 |
seen no ku klux | 7 |
stone articles of clay | 7 |
when the white folks | 7 |
and i was the | 7 |
the old manor house | 7 |
when they got to | 7 |
me in the house | 7 |
he went off to | 7 |
father was a farmer | 7 |
was a good woman | 7 |
all the time and | 7 |
there was an old | 7 |
i told you i | 7 |
was a time when | 7 |
the banks of a | 7 |
come to see me | 7 |
the beginning of the | 7 |
used to say that | 7 |
my father told me | 7 |
on a block and | 7 |
the territory that now | 7 |
get no help from | 7 |
girls and one boy | 7 |
i was sold to | 7 |
i can remember that | 7 |
in the interest of | 7 |
the young people are | 7 |
in spite of the | 7 |
could not have been | 7 |
they would whip you | 7 |
never did see her | 7 |
on the sources of | 7 |
is found in the | 7 |
go to the house | 7 |
to the field and | 7 |
in slavery time and | 7 |
my papa was a | 7 |
a good man and | 7 |
belonged to a man | 7 |
and i been here | 7 |
hard for me to | 7 |
of them are dead | 7 |
took charge of the | 7 |
had been in the | 7 |
on the public square | 7 |
the lord have mercy | 7 |
was a kind of | 7 |
been in hot springs | 7 |
of the men that | 7 |
the great canadian river | 7 |
and there was no | 7 |
on the train and | 7 |
some of the niggers | 7 |
how freedom came i | 7 |
in a state of | 7 |
they had a great | 7 |
the body of a | 7 |
on the point of | 7 |
and had to go | 7 |
said she was sold | 7 |
come in and take | 7 |
out to the field | 7 |
the ranks of the | 7 |
the house of a | 7 |
in the wagon and | 7 |
the interest of the | 7 |
old master had a | 7 |
mother was a slave | 7 |
went to school three | 7 |
when we got to | 7 |
ought not to be | 7 |
raised cotton and corn | 7 |
i never got to | 7 |
go to the war | 7 |
years old when he | 7 |
three times a day | 7 |
on the back of | 7 |
in diameter at the | 7 |
the fact that the | 7 |
at the house of | 7 |
the welfare gives me | 7 |
and told him to | 7 |
as much as they | 7 |
the material is a | 7 |
on one of the | 7 |
she died when i | 7 |
hot springs of washita | 7 |
in the country and | 7 |
as one of the | 7 |
the centre of the | 7 |
he was a farmer | 7 |
the members of the | 7 |
and that he had | 7 |
set fire to the | 7 |
i was a big | 7 |
he had a lot | 7 |
in the back yard | 7 |
he went back to | 7 |
collection of indian relics | 7 |
me and my brother | 7 |
they had to be | 7 |
what he had done | 7 |
a mile from the | 7 |
as well as if | 7 |
what does this mean | 7 |
the man who was | 7 |
that was after the | 7 |
the law of the | 7 |
go up to the | 7 |
down in the country | 7 |
a view of the | 7 |
give it to the | 7 |
and put them in | 7 |
or you can go | 7 |
had a big farm | 7 |
the present generation is | 7 |
was put on the | 7 |
since i been in | 7 |
i came to arkansas | 7 |
and let me tell | 7 |
and the next day | 7 |
name before she married | 7 |
at the sources of | 7 |
he went into the | 7 |
a number of them | 7 |
it was easy to | 7 |
hundred and fifty dollars | 7 |
that is where i | 7 |
said i was born | 7 |
into the court room | 7 |
for the district of | 7 |
i am too old | 7 |
been here so long | 7 |
used to go out | 7 |
have plenty to eat | 7 |
and i know they | 7 |
on the corner of | 7 |
the use of the | 7 |
i must say that | 7 |
which appeared to be | 7 |
in de old days | 7 |
in all my life | 7 |
was a union man | 7 |
i can remember the | 7 |
my first teacher was | 7 |
i never was sold | 7 |
are you doing here | 7 |
a lot of money | 7 |
never did go to | 7 |
from where i was | 7 |
the author asked him | 7 |
i tell you that | 7 |
war right after the | 7 |
worked in the house | 7 |
got too old to | 7 |
i used to cook | 7 |
she was the cook | 7 |
broke camp and marched | 7 |
i was young and | 7 |
i was raised in | 7 |
told them that they | 7 |
from the white folks | 7 |
been a member of | 7 |
on the surface of | 7 |
ten dollars a month | 7 |
have been able to | 7 |
i know all about | 7 |
take care of me | 7 |
the first day of | 7 |
of the young man | 7 |
on the mississippi river | 7 |
and that he would | 7 |
in my whole life | 7 |
they was in the | 7 |
and put it in | 7 |
about ten or twelve | 7 |
i was too small | 7 |
right in the house | 7 |
to the top of | 7 |
was born in texas | 7 |
in and take the | 7 |
one side of the | 7 |
i have never been | 7 |
at the big house | 7 |
the place where they | 7 |
there was a great | 7 |
my brothers and sisters | 7 |
had two girls and | 7 |
belong to the baptist | 7 |
down on the floor | 7 |
man who had been | 7 |
the young man was | 7 |
they arrived at the | 7 |
to do with the | 7 |
six or seven years | 7 |
was a little fellow | 7 |
articles of stone articles | 7 |
some of the men | 7 |
they are all dead | 7 |
the name of my | 7 |
fell to the ground | 7 |
eat enough to keep | 7 |
know when i was | 7 |
was scared of em | 7 |
what do you think | 7 |
i have heard that | 7 |
work when i was | 7 |
took care of her | 7 |
heard her say she | 7 |
it was too late | 7 |
when i was able | 7 |
i told him i | 7 |
it was just a | 7 |
to our house and | 7 |
the confederate army and | 7 |
that they were free | 7 |
at the mercy of | 7 |
never did know what | 7 |
had a son named | 7 |
on account of his | 7 |
went by the name | 7 |
in a log house | 7 |
i got too old | 7 |
that they would be | 7 |
with regard to the | 7 |
author asked him if | 7 |
took the name of | 7 |
with the intention of | 7 |
old when i was | 7 |
a little to eat | 6 |
of the young people | 6 |
and when it was | 6 |
to the united states | 6 |
was eleven years old | 6 |
banks of the arkansas | 6 |
to tell you about | 6 |
the part of the | 6 |
administration for the state | 6 |
and something to eat | 6 |
about four years old | 6 |
i wish i was | 6 |
of the rocky mountains | 6 |
in slavery times they | 6 |
what year i was | 6 |
i never saw them | 6 |
a strong union man | 6 |
with my mother and | 6 |
my father used to | 6 |
is about all i | 6 |
and my father belonged | 6 |
what i think of | 6 |
the same time that | 6 |
the bones of the | 6 |
a long time since | 6 |
not be able to | 6 |
to know what was | 6 |
surface of the mound | 6 |
the works progress administration | 6 |
in regard to the | 6 |
we could see the | 6 |
with an air of | 6 |
and that if he | 6 |
as soon as possible | 6 |
as long as they | 6 |
soon as he was | 6 |
uttered a cry of | 6 |
till the blood ran | 6 |
never been able to | 6 |
i never been in | 6 |
first year of the | 6 |
is no time for | 6 |
eye for an eye | 6 |
from interviews with former | 6 |
that he was going | 6 |
in a log cabin | 6 |
deck of the duchess | 6 |
have been in the | 6 |
and the rest of | 6 |
here in slavery times | 6 |
five or six miles | 6 |
was scared of him | 6 |
that they were not | 6 |
i beg your pardon | 6 |
when they had the | 6 |
they called it a | 6 |
old master was good | 6 |
out upon the porch | 6 |
in some of the | 6 |
her in his arms | 6 |
progress administration for the | 6 |
know what freedom was | 6 |
is known as the | 6 |
to do no work | 6 |
i come to this | 6 |
when they would be | 6 |
wait on them and | 6 |
that you are a | 6 |
in charge of the | 6 |
was the first time | 6 |
he never come back | 6 |
the author at once | 6 |
was a young woman | 6 |
he was a colored | 6 |
that would have been | 6 |
up at the house | 6 |
a few feet of | 6 |
that was all the | 6 |
but i had to | 6 |
father belonged to the | 6 |
i seed the yankees | 6 |
on the train to | 6 |
but i was a | 6 |
i thought he was | 6 |
mother was the mother | 6 |
if i could get | 6 |
mineral resources of the | 6 |
come to this state | 6 |
her she was free | 6 |
i was good and | 6 |
the movements of the | 6 |
ku klux come to | 6 |
going to be free | 6 |
i was six years | 6 |
like i told you | 6 |
after i was married | 6 |
that he wanted to | 6 |
bands of rebels and | 6 |
the old home place | 6 |
but they never bothered | 6 |
i came to little | 6 |
and put him in | 6 |
from the big house | 6 |
know where he is | 6 |
as long as she | 6 |
want to talk to | 6 |
the town of helena | 6 |
did not appear to | 6 |
down on the ground | 6 |
years old when they | 6 |
in the counties of | 6 |
work projects administration for | 6 |
i used to get | 6 |
and put them on | 6 |
i am not going | 6 |
come fill up the | 6 |
the union men and | 6 |
my mother and her | 6 |
i could tell you | 6 |
the north fork of | 6 |
eight dollars a month | 6 |
about seven or eight | 6 |
used to come in | 6 |
the only thing i | 6 |
that it was a | 6 |
when i can get | 6 |
was the name of | 6 |
i was mustered out | 6 |
by a white man | 6 |
a lot of children | 6 |
the position of the | 6 |
at the top of | 6 |
she was owned by | 6 |
was born in union | 6 |
had no trouble with | 6 |
or twelve years old | 6 |
about a quarter of | 6 |
never did see him | 6 |
a mile or two | 6 |
what was the matter | 6 |
was lighter than i | 6 |
told me that i | 6 |
the first year of | 6 |
all i can remember | 6 |
to be years old | 6 |
the last of the | 6 |
it was the only | 6 |
i thought it was | 6 |
it was on the | 6 |
about the same time | 6 |
ku klux klan i | 6 |
the door of the | 6 |
of columbia sponsored by | 6 |
a bale of cotton | 6 |
of the river st | 6 |
right down here in | 6 |
was well acquainted with | 6 |
i got a job | 6 |
the same number of | 6 |
all through the war | 6 |
was before the war | 6 |
el dorado district folklore | 6 |
my pa was a | 6 |
of some of the | 6 |
was sold to a | 6 |
about two miles from | 6 |
came to the door | 6 |
but the white folks | 6 |
fell in love with | 6 |
but he was a | 6 |
know nothing about it | 6 |
i have seen them | 6 |
narratives a folk history | 6 |
of the most desperate | 6 |
heard them talk about | 6 |
the other end of | 6 |
or eight years old | 6 |
was about the same | 6 |
said they used to | 6 |
was scared not to | 6 |
and one of his | 6 |
got so i could | 6 |
soon after the war | 6 |
the old man died | 6 |
worked on the section | 6 |
the last time i | 6 |
they are going to | 6 |
a hundred and fifty | 6 |
to the banks of | 6 |
he was a fine | 6 |
is good to me | 6 |
see governors of the | 6 |
three or four years | 6 |
was bred and born | 6 |
i was five years | 6 |
and the next morning | 6 |
as long as you | 6 |
it is hard to | 6 |
year after the surrender | 6 |
after that i went | 6 |
my mother said that | 6 |
and went to texas | 6 |
was nineteen years old | 6 |
my wife and children | 6 |
scared me to death | 6 |
ku klux used to | 6 |
that you will not | 6 |
it is impossible to | 6 |
in the same place | 6 |
little bit of a | 6 |
my ma and pa | 6 |
she said she never | 6 |
in the large way | 6 |
if they had a | 6 |
to him and he | 6 |
go to the white | 6 |
the yankees come in | 6 |
my mother was dead | 6 |
had two boys and | 6 |
one of the principal | 6 |
in them days they | 6 |
of slavery in the | 6 |
to tell you that | 6 |
good to me and | 6 |
fork of spring river | 6 |
its junction with the | 6 |
the rest of them | 6 |
it was a great | 6 |
she lived to be | 6 |
they was free and | 6 |
it seemed to me | 6 |
here and there a | 6 |
about the young generation | 6 |
i get ten dollars | 6 |
anything to do with | 6 |
the field all my | 6 |
a little bit of | 6 |
i remember when they | 6 |
at the corner of | 6 |
all the white folks | 6 |
feet high and feet | 6 |
my folks stayed on | 6 |
his father was a | 6 |
arkansas when i was | 6 |
dorado district folklore subjects | 6 |
got out of the | 6 |
was a captain in | 6 |
born i was born | 6 |
on the porch and | 6 |
know how long i | 6 |
in the latter part | 6 |
with my white folks | 6 |
there was plenty of | 6 |
i remember one time | 6 |
i have heard them | 6 |
out on the porch | 6 |
when i was ten | 6 |
i was borned in | 6 |
his master was named | 6 |
two or three of | 6 |
in the mississippi valley | 6 |
when the stars fell | 6 |
in a sort of | 6 |
in the center of | 6 |
in the winter time | 6 |
she was born a | 6 |
i was the first | 6 |
have no place to | 6 |
take the oath and | 6 |
they had plenty to | 6 |
at the entrance of | 6 |
we did not have | 6 |
his name was john | 6 |
he was sold to | 6 |
when they was freed | 6 |
this side of the | 6 |
on the bank of | 6 |
a folk history of | 6 |
after the war he | 6 |
slave narratives a folk | 6 |
along the edge of | 6 |
in a little log | 6 |
when she was about | 6 |
by the light of | 6 |
and he said he | 6 |
my mother say she | 6 |
was good to my | 6 |
tell you that i | 6 |
i had a hard | 6 |
on the evening of | 6 |
have been married fifty | 6 |
the attention of the | 6 |
we stayed there till | 6 |
columbia sponsored by the | 6 |
come from north carolina | 6 |
inches in length and | 6 |
man in the world | 6 |
to take part in | 6 |
volume ii arkansas narratives | 6 |
field all my life | 6 |
give it to him | 6 |
as if it was | 6 |
by a man named | 6 |
i think of the | 6 |
of indian relics from | 6 |
states from interviews with | 6 |
works progress administration for | 6 |
a captain in the | 6 |
there is reason to | 6 |
you can stay here | 6 |
can tell you all | 6 |
back here to arkansas | 6 |
the next day he | 6 |
district name of interviewer | 6 |
forty acres and a | 6 |
we all went to | 6 |
live with my daughter | 6 |
project of the works | 6 |
to keep a chicken | 6 |
of the company of | 6 |
ten or twelve years | 6 |
in the road and | 6 |
five years of age | 6 |
lived in old log | 6 |
i been here so | 6 |
and they would have | 6 |
hundred yards from the | 6 |
records prepared by the | 6 |
remember when the yankees | 6 |
tooth for a tooth | 6 |
the force of the | 6 |
was not to be | 6 |
washington volume ii arkansas | 6 |
used to have to | 6 |
in north little rock | 6 |
assembled by the library | 6 |
used to work in | 6 |
would be able to | 6 |
farming all my life | 6 |
first thing you know | 6 |
the west banks of | 6 |
a lot of them | 6 |
early part of the | 6 |
was an old man | 6 |
and on reaching the | 6 |
the heat of the | 6 |
a number of years | 6 |
a day or two | 6 |
typewritten records prepared by | 6 |
have heard my father | 6 |
if they did not | 6 |
sponsored by the library | 6 |
one end of the | 6 |
junction of the ohio | 6 |
put on the block | 6 |
at the distance of | 6 |
i am determined to | 6 |
on the east side | 6 |
to the colored people | 6 |
to leave the country | 6 |
the tops of the | 6 |
come to see us | 6 |
loyal heart and his | 6 |
i never seen him | 6 |
history of slavery in | 6 |
you ought to have | 6 |
to look after the | 6 |
the west side of | 6 |
the spring of the | 6 |
big enough to do | 6 |
the cry of the | 6 |
view of the lead | 6 |
it had been a | 6 |
the young folks is | 6 |
till i got so | 6 |
i will give you | 6 |
when i come back | 6 |
the latter of which | 6 |
on the same plantation | 6 |
washed and ironed for | 6 |
in the town of | 6 |
out of the church | 6 |
she was a house | 6 |
to work on the | 6 |
law of the prairies | 6 |
to join the confederate | 6 |
him that he was | 6 |
a tooth for a | 6 |
at a few paces | 6 |
what my mother told | 6 |
as if it were | 6 |
from the mouth of | 6 |
can read and write | 6 |
the nat turner rebellion | 6 |
ii arkansas narratives part | 6 |
governors of the state | 6 |
my life till i | 6 |
i learned how to | 6 |
the guards of the | 6 |
what i told you | 6 |
had good white folks | 6 |
in possession of the | 6 |
if i was able | 6 |
good to his slaves | 6 |
to the edge of | 6 |
the best i can | 6 |
that was where they | 6 |
get out of the | 6 |
they wanted him to | 6 |
with former slaves typewritten | 6 |
mouth of the great | 6 |
i had one brother | 6 |
forty years of age | 6 |
the authority of the | 6 |
who claimed to be | 6 |
the state of alabama | 6 |
keep a chicken alive | 6 |
father was in the | 6 |
no help from the | 6 |
of the whole people | 6 |
slavery in the united | 6 |
i was so scared | 6 |
former slaves typewritten records | 6 |
administration for the district | 6 |
for a few moments | 6 |
on the head of | 6 |
about two hundred and | 6 |
united states from interviews | 6 |
born in slavery time | 6 |
put her in the | 6 |
other end of the | 6 |
three years old when | 6 |
and told him he | 6 |
he was a little | 6 |
and i have been | 6 |
scared nearly to death | 6 |
seen him no more | 6 |
a man in the | 6 |
when the war broke | 6 |
when they reached the | 6 |
the colored folks was | 6 |
district of columbia sponsored | 6 |
governor of the state | 6 |
interviews with former slaves | 6 |
appeared to be a | 6 |
bank of the mississippi | 6 |
got in debt and | 6 |
slaves lived in old | 6 |
i was born three | 6 |
manner in which the | 6 |
folk history of slavery | 6 |
i was married and | 6 |
back of the house | 6 |
the united states from | 6 |
of an inch thick | 6 |
the presence of the | 6 |
for a few seconds | 6 |
to keep out of | 6 |
i went to town | 6 |
one of the richest | 6 |
was two or three | 6 |
died when he was | 6 |
the officers of the | 6 |
klux but i never | 6 |
a plenty to eat | 6 |
of congress project work | 6 |
what did you say | 6 |
older than i was | 6 |
projects administration for the | 6 |
from place to place | 6 |
was born down here | 6 |
the old man replied | 6 |
used to hear my | 6 |
the first moment of | 6 |
white folks used to | 6 |
you want to go | 6 |
end of a few | 6 |
for the state of | 6 |
was in the house | 6 |
i ever heard of | 6 |
he wanted to go | 6 |
of the post at | 6 |
i was too old | 6 |
to the place where | 6 |
he had a son | 6 |
the men on the | 6 |
he never got a | 6 |
the eye of the | 6 |
the latter part of | 6 |
and a part of | 6 |
corner of the house | 6 |
during the war and | 6 |
in person and property | 6 |
the ku klux and | 6 |
he was a boy | 6 |
he used to tell | 6 |
was a white woman | 6 |
remember the names of | 6 |
at the same instant | 6 |
across the road and | 6 |
what the slaves expected | 6 |
died at the age | 6 |
thought a heap of | 6 |
i was little and | 6 |
i was eight years | 6 |
i was afraid to | 6 |
and put me in | 6 |
right there in the | 6 |
he sold me to | 6 |
what have you done | 6 |
him when he was | 6 |
both my parents was | 6 |
when i come on | 6 |
to do with that | 6 |
they used to make | 6 |
able to do no | 6 |
want to go to | 6 |
state of arkansas informants | 6 |
on the part of | 6 |
is shown in fig | 6 |
a long time to | 6 |
she said they had | 6 |
the juez de letras | 6 |
that was when i | 6 |
him if he had | 6 |
was so glad to | 6 |
that the author had | 6 |
library of congress project | 6 |
he was a preacher | 6 |
in the face of | 6 |
was raised on the | 6 |
years after the surrender | 6 |
what they called a | 6 |
it was on a | 6 |
two or three times | 6 |
mouth of the river | 6 |
when the slaves were | 6 |
klux never bothered us | 6 |
mother and father both | 6 |
to me and i | 6 |
in the light of | 6 |
know the name of | 6 |
natural history of the | 6 |
each side of the | 6 |
took us to texas | 6 |
bank of the river | 6 |
just as free as | 6 |
a drink of water | 6 |
want to see them | 6 |
a big family of | 6 |
to the lopeared dutch | 6 |
it was impossible to | 6 |
i went down to | 6 |
they would give them | 6 |
in the field to | 6 |
took it to the | 6 |
to get him to | 6 |
to say to me | 6 |
i heard mother say | 6 |
they would give him | 6 |
ordered the sheriff to | 6 |
the way it was | 6 |
to talk to me | 6 |
a man who had | 6 |
when i was fifteen | 6 |
i thought they was | 6 |
of the works progress | 6 |
when i was twenty | 6 |
to be a midwife | 6 |
congress project work projects | 6 |
about two or three | 6 |
it was to be | 6 |
of oregon and shannon | 6 |
put up on the | 6 |
i lives with my | 6 |
and that was the | 6 |
and i tell you | 6 |
about four or five | 6 |
when he went to | 6 |
was able to work | 6 |
the white folks told | 6 |
we lived in a | 6 |
to get me to | 6 |
on one side and | 6 |
when the ku klux | 6 |
i was working for | 6 |
in some of its | 6 |
went to texas and | 6 |
at the same moment | 6 |
ma was a cook | 6 |
at the first glance | 6 |
for a few days | 6 |
i was raised by | 6 |
tell you all about | 6 |
to come to the | 6 |
time after the war | 6 |
him a look of | 6 |
i went back and | 6 |
i never seen my | 6 |
she had four children | 6 |
my father said that | 6 |
project work projects administration | 6 |
slaves typewritten records prepared | 6 |
so good to me | 6 |
at the old manor | 6 |
composed of men who | 6 |
of a mile from | 6 |
i was when i | 6 |
i was bred and | 6 |
a long time and | 6 |
he said to the | 6 |
what do you say | 6 |
he lived to be | 6 |
i think he was | 6 |
if you had a | 6 |
the influx of the | 6 |
as they could be | 6 |
and after the war | 6 |
do you mean to | 6 |
never seen him no | 6 |
some of the folks | 6 |
he can tell you | 6 |
and his wife were | 5 |
roving bands of rebels | 5 |
come to forrest city | 5 |
father was a blacksmith | 5 |
so many of them | 5 |
carry me to church | 5 |
a number of men | 5 |
that it would be | 5 |
they was glad to | 5 |
to see me and | 5 |
you and your wife | 5 |
been married four times | 5 |
to the limits of | 5 |
all at once he | 5 |
enlisted in the confederate | 5 |
the purpose of making | 5 |
loyal heart and belhumeur | 5 |
months in my life | 5 |
he was a great | 5 |
and a man by | 5 |
to his house and | 5 |
the council of the | 5 |
was a young girl | 5 |
i own a home | 5 |
you ever hear of | 5 |
how long i been | 5 |
the sight of the | 5 |
all kinds of work | 5 |
three millions of pounds | 5 |
that i do not | 5 |
all of the territory | 5 |
put me on the | 5 |
in the shade of | 5 |
came to arkansas in | 5 |
seven or eight miles | 5 |
do what they wanted | 5 |
know how it was | 5 |
the time had come | 5 |
the interior of the | 5 |
can you tell me | 5 |
reason to believe that | 5 |
a man of about | 5 |
they put me on | 5 |
the colored folks had | 5 |
when the old man | 5 |
in a wagon and | 5 |
and every one of | 5 |
they would go out | 5 |
word pronunciation was marked | 5 |
his hands behind him | 5 |
there was a large | 5 |
from rolla to springfield | 5 |
i am sorry for | 5 |
a piece of paper | 5 |
i was the youngest | 5 |
the only way i | 5 |
to a white man | 5 |
they all dead but | 5 |
but i did not | 5 |
this younger generation is | 5 |
i have had a | 5 |
the depth of from | 5 |
they would be out | 5 |
a lot of people | 5 |
to me to be | 5 |
four or five hundred | 5 |
and fell to the | 5 |
to come to see | 5 |
from the time i | 5 |
put it in the | 5 |
come to arkansas and | 5 |
went to the well | 5 |
they would come to | 5 |
on the plantation of | 5 |
i was about twenty | 5 |
i never did have | 5 |
of the white people | 5 |
we went to texas | 5 |
was hard to get | 5 |
is hard to get | 5 |
remember when the ku | 5 |
a week or two | 5 |
in old log houses | 5 |
what has become of | 5 |
mother told me that | 5 |
one thing and another | 5 |
and my mother and | 5 |
mother when she was | 5 |
i used to make | 5 |
front of the house | 5 |
where they come from | 5 |
few paces from the | 5 |
know what year i | 5 |
on our arrival at | 5 |
when i got up | 5 |
time when she was | 5 |
had not gone far | 5 |
wanted me to go | 5 |
till i got disabled | 5 |
you out without a | 5 |
went to work and | 5 |
would go out and | 5 |
when the yankees came | 5 |
my mother and the | 5 |
he never did get | 5 |
pine bluff district folklore | 5 |
saved the life of | 5 |
the ku klux got | 5 |
it was evident that | 5 |
in which they were | 5 |
put him in the | 5 |
him for an instant | 5 |
the appearance of a | 5 |
years old when peace | 5 |
and went on to | 5 |
to come back home | 5 |
my mother died and | 5 |
anything they wanted to | 5 |
sources of the river | 5 |
his wife was miss | 5 |
with which he was | 5 |
so far as the | 5 |
what was to be | 5 |
thank you for the | 5 |
me over the head | 5 |
fifty yards from the | 5 |
but i heard my | 5 |
and hide it in | 5 |
with an ironical smile | 5 |
and i would go | 5 |
the fact that they | 5 |
you are about to | 5 |
the wife of a | 5 |
his arm about her | 5 |
back from the war | 5 |
hundred and fifty miles | 5 |
there was lots of | 5 |
never heard her say | 5 |
on down to the | 5 |
out there in the | 5 |
warm fork of spring | 5 |
first day of january | 5 |
do the best i | 5 |
they broke camp and | 5 |
out of the field | 5 |
they had a heap | 5 |
that would be about | 5 |
was about four years | 5 |
or something like that | 5 |
and got me and | 5 |
hundred and fifty men | 5 |
was a good cook | 5 |
it is inches in | 5 |
old to go to | 5 |
waters of the st | 5 |
in spite of all | 5 |
the top of a | 5 |
they was set free | 5 |
he said he remembered | 5 |
go to see her | 5 |
of the man who | 5 |
when i came to | 5 |
but i am not | 5 |
made a sign to | 5 |
them out of the | 5 |
her away from her | 5 |
mother was a great | 5 |
with here and there | 5 |
till i was twenty | 5 |
i am trying to | 5 |
went to school at | 5 |
but he was too | 5 |
the ku klux came | 5 |
i heard ma say | 5 |
the idea of a | 5 |
was in the winter | 5 |
if i can get | 5 |
went to school one | 5 |
i would go to | 5 |
school in my life | 5 |
to cook for them | 5 |
she was eight years | 5 |
the mother of twelve | 5 |
i runned away and | 5 |
know it was freedom | 5 |
their husbands and sons | 5 |
she was going to | 5 |
i used to live | 5 |
in north carolina and | 5 |
the hot springs of | 5 |
the prairies of the | 5 |
the mind of the | 5 |
i want to go | 5 |
five dollars a month | 5 |
have sense enough to | 5 |
under the house and | 5 |
i was the baby | 5 |
a sign to the | 5 |
the direction of rolla | 5 |
since i come to | 5 |
been married three times | 5 |
patrollers i have heard | 5 |
in the edge of | 5 |
she went to the | 5 |
that she was a | 5 |
about eight or ten | 5 |
a pair of shoes | 5 |
was to be done | 5 |
never did tell me | 5 |
so that they would | 5 |
a year and a | 5 |
hands on the place | 5 |
voted the republican ticket | 5 |
a soldier in the | 5 |
he was a big | 5 |
was raised up with | 5 |
of the time and | 5 |
member of the church | 5 |
for the use of | 5 |
with his left hand | 5 |
to wait on them | 5 |
me the following story | 5 |
as i used to | 5 |
and give them a | 5 |
to des arc and | 5 |
time when i was | 5 |
beginning of the war | 5 |
at a signal from | 5 |
structure of the country | 5 |
and a half in | 5 |
a man with a | 5 |
all i could do | 5 |
sometimes they would be | 5 |
my mother and me | 5 |
they would give the | 5 |
prairies of the west | 5 |
when she was eight | 5 |
them and put them | 5 |
to free the niggers | 5 |
mother and father had | 5 |
the man what owned | 5 |
to take us to | 5 |
of the north fork | 5 |
one time i was | 5 |
as they used to | 5 |
wanted to know if | 5 |
care of the little | 5 |
in the front yard | 5 |
but i know i | 5 |
from the sociable welfare | 5 |
that the civil law | 5 |
mistress was good to | 5 |
sent me to school | 5 |
in spite of themselves | 5 |
narratives part prepared by | 5 |
put them in the | 5 |
my folks belong to | 5 |
was a little old | 5 |
the condition of the | 5 |
been farming all my | 5 |
eleven years old when | 5 |
he had a great | 5 |
history of the country | 5 |
as good as they | 5 |
take him to the | 5 |
with a smile of | 5 |
articles of clay collections | 5 |
four years old when | 5 |
at the edge of | 5 |
white folks had a | 5 |
and wanted to know | 5 |
the house with the | 5 |
i had a sister | 5 |
was born in washington | 5 |
of them was in | 5 |
the old folks was | 5 |
we had to work | 5 |
the president of the | 5 |
and none of them | 5 |
never heard of no | 5 |
what right have you | 5 |
i got up and | 5 |
rid the country of | 5 |
and it was a | 5 |
as if he were | 5 |
it might have been | 5 |
i heard them talk | 5 |
the road and the | 5 |
i come to know | 5 |
i was a grown | 5 |
sometimes they would have | 5 |
found imbedded in the | 5 |
to be on the | 5 |
it will not be | 5 |
and we had to | 5 |
he was a union | 5 |
it was a large | 5 |
come to town and | 5 |
old enough to know | 5 |
over the fence and | 5 |
her name was miss | 5 |
that i know of | 5 |
my grandfather and grandmother | 5 |
went to school after | 5 |
proved to be the | 5 |
on top of the | 5 |
that i would be | 5 |
my mother and my | 5 |
a colored man and | 5 |
west side of the | 5 |
as if by enchantment | 5 |
he was the one | 5 |
my mother said she | 5 |
at the beginning of | 5 |
i got a boy | 5 |
the mother of ten | 5 |
met him in the | 5 |
she wanted me to | 5 |
when i left there | 5 |
but i never did | 5 |
a considerable part of | 5 |
i told them that | 5 |
were going to take | 5 |
opinions the young people | 5 |
put his arm about | 5 |
i might have been | 5 |
to the foot of | 5 |
then i had to | 5 |
side of the valley | 5 |
to be a good | 5 |
she was sold to | 5 |
for a house girl | 5 |
and that he was | 5 |
i swear to you | 5 |
i heard of the | 5 |
the first time in | 5 |
to be one hundred | 5 |
and then he said | 5 |
was in the army | 5 |
did not have a | 5 |
my grandmother was a | 5 |
stay on the place | 5 |
remember when i was | 5 |
i went out and | 5 |
work i did was | 5 |
was fourteen years old | 5 |
that they would not | 5 |
she looked at him | 5 |
the colored folks would | 5 |
they sold her to | 5 |
when it was cold | 5 |
i was about seven | 5 |
was one of them | 5 |
looked upon as a | 5 |
she belonged to the | 5 |
old when i married | 5 |
his wife and children | 5 |
when i was twelve | 5 |
born in union county | 5 |
as much as possible | 5 |
i have been living | 5 |
to the union men | 5 |
purity of the water | 5 |
in the meantime the | 5 |
i stayed with the | 5 |
when i was coming | 5 |
if they had been | 5 |
all such as that | 5 |
high and feet in | 5 |
known as the old | 5 |
came to me and | 5 |
if you have a | 5 |
within a few feet | 5 |
the union men were | 5 |
the roof of a | 5 |
was marked in this | 5 |
went to live with | 5 |
an hour after the | 5 |
the slaves were freed | 5 |
inches in diameter at | 5 |
all they had to | 5 |
took care of me | 5 |
they was scared to | 5 |
arkansas narratives part prepared | 5 |
she said there was | 5 |
he used to be | 5 |
some of the hands | 5 |
he was the only | 5 |
the united states senate | 5 |
with his hands behind | 5 |
and asked him if | 5 |
directly in front of | 5 |
in the limestone rock | 5 |
he was a bachelor | 5 |
father and mother had | 5 |
found near the surface | 5 |
on the west side | 5 |
was afraid of them | 5 |