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quadgram	frequency
i was born in	376
irene robertson person interviewed	246
miss irene robertson person	244
when i was a	170
bernice bowden person interviewed	142
my mother and father	107
to read and write	104
i went to school	101
my father was a	88
for a long time	82
my mother was a	79
by the name of	77
worked in the field	72
i was a little	71
my father and mother	66
at de big house	66
was a white man	65
i never went to	64
the war was over	62
was good to me	60
had plenty to eat	59
right after the war	59
to go to the	59
was made out of	58
was one of the	57
name and address of	56
the library of congress	56
work in the field	56
the end of the	56
never went to school	54
by the library of	54
daisy bailey waitt tr	54
died when i was	53
to take care of	52
of the civil war	52
when de yankees come	49
at the age of	48
to work in the	48
had a hard time	47
i was born on	47
the close of the	45
the rest of the	45
some of the slaves	45
was a good man	44
he was a good	43
when i was young	43
went to school a	43
for the white folks	43
was born in slavery	42
was born a slave	42
were not allowed to	42
booth district supervisor federal	41
at the end of	41
had to go to	40
the ku klux klan	40
was a field hand	39
after the civil war	39
i went to the	39
moved from bottom of	39
he was good to	39
information moved from bottom	38
this information given by	38
when the war was	38
had a good time	37
had a lot of	36
prepared by the federal	36
when i was born	36
i was a child	36
i come to arkansas	35
during the civil war	35
de rest of de	35
was good to us	35
in the big house	35
we went to the	34
most of the time	34
when the yankees come	34
work in the fields	34
my mother was named	34
i was born at	34
in the field and	34
i was a boy	33
let me tell you	33
out in the yard	33
to de big house	33
the name of the	33
of the ku klux	33
when the war ended	33
i do not know	32
had to have a	32
and address of person	32
on the plantation of	32
years old when the	32
to go to school	32
to go back to	31
folklore subjects name of	31
after the war was	31
when he was a	31
when the civil war	31
and my mother was	31
subjects name of interviewer	31
was big enough to	31
one of the slaves	31
up to the house	31
to go to church	31
went to the white	30
in the woods and	30
to the big house	30
in front of the	30
plenty to eat and	30
the slaves on the	30
from bottom of first	29
my mother was sold	29
was too old to	29
a long time ago	29
i belong to the	29
bottom of first page	29
i was a slave	29
the side of the	28
heard my mother say	28
i was years old	28
married when i was	28
a member of the	28
in the united states	28
was too young to	28
i used to be	28
i worked in the	28
to eat and wear	27
my mother was born	27
life as viewed by	27
at the same time	27
and i had to	27
my mother told me	27
my father wus named	27
to the white folks	27
there was a big	27
the time of the	27
slave story an interview	27
to go to de	27
i never saw a	27
up at de big	27
plantation life as viewed	27
like they do now	27
to the house and	27
i never did see	27
years old when i	26
they had a big	26
it was a long	26
could read and write	26
was a long time	26
was a little boy	26
know how old i	26
come to our house	26
used to be a	26
years after the war	26
they was good to	26
to school a day	26
in de big house	26
in the middle of	25
at the close of	25
i remember when the	25
on the plantation and	25
man by the name	25
story an interview with	25
at the big house	25
i was big enough	25
school a day in	25
day in my life	25
know what to do	25
the white folks had	25
my father was named	25
i was a baby	25
went to the war	24
when i was little	24
before the civil war	24
learned to read and	24
a whole lot of	24
five or six years	24
mother was born in	24
when i was about	24
i never heard of	24
was born close to	24
arkansas name of worker	24
would go to the	24
and give it to	24
a day in my	24
i was born a	24
worked in the fields	24
and address of informant	24
is a sign of	24
was born on the	24
out in de yard	24
i was in the	24
i had a good	24
close of the war	24
i do not remember	23
and some of the	23
de war was over	23
about the ku klux	23
i went back to	23
when she was a	23
that they were free	23
to have a pass	23
in the civil war	23
when freedom was declared	23
some of de slaves	23
a long time after	23
i heard my mother	23
i worked on the	23
in the house and	23
the beginning of the	23
he was going to	23
most of de time	23
she was good to	23
where i was born	23
when the war started	23
when i come to	23
i never had no	23
farmed all my life	23
was twelve years old	23
my mother belonged to	23
on the place and	23
we had plenty to	22
told me i was	22
slaves on the plantation	22
i used to vote	22
free person of color	22
i farmed all my	22
then i went to	22
he said he was	22
on the block and	22
she was born in	22
i was too young	22
i was a good	22
was the mother of	22
out in the field	22
the white folks and	22
mother and father were	22
the ku klux was	22
they went to the	22
he was one of	22
two or three years	22
father was born in	22
i was a young	21
was sold away from	21
a few years ago	21
good to his slaves	21
on the other side	21
or free person of	21
the white folks church	21
years old when she	21
some of the other	21
project of the w	21
how old i is	21
was old enough to	21
was a young man	21
i was born close	21
my mother wus named	21
i was too little	21
i want you to	21
my ma and pa	21
the slaves lived in	21
was a little girl	21
was a great big	21
was born in mississippi	21
when the yankees came	21
was born in north	21
and some of them	21
he was a slave	21
he had a big	21
the yankees come through	21
i got to be	20
when i got to	20
slavery in the united	20
in the yard and	20
been a long time	20
of the white folks	20
not able to work	20
of slavery in the	20
a hundred years old	20
the back of the	20
i never did know	20
before i was born	20
i am years old	20
i have heard my	20
four or five years	20
know what it was	20
they said they was	20
i used to hear	20
i used to go	20
got to be a	20
end of the war	20
when i went to	20
was scared to death	20
free as i am	20
my father was born	20
i know i was	20
was too little to	20
the rear of the	19
of the works progress	19
some of the white	19
me and my sister	19
marion county anna pritchett	19
they had to work	19
born in north carolina	19
from place to place	19
they said it was	19
out in the woods	19
the middle of the	19
i wanted to go	19
project of the works	19
a large number of	19
the district of columbia	19
a long time atter	19
how old i am	19
my mother used to	19
and he was a	19
the works progress administration	19
we did not have	19
i had to work	19
born in slavery times	19
wanted to go to	19
us we was free	19
i got big enough	19
was good to his	19
i was born and	19
district marion county anna	19
slave story story teller	19
i was here in	19
was out in the	19
slave narratives a folk	18
had a great big	18
athens and john n	18
district of columbia sponsored	18
a long time and	18
work projects administration for	18
was born in virginia	18
had a heap of	18
we had a good	18
went to de white	18
my father belonged to	18
folk history of slavery	18
administration for the district	18
at the time of	18
sponsored by the library	18
i was just a	18
i think it was	18
for the state of	18
slave or free person	18
of the slaves were	18
history of slavery in	18
went back to the	18
as viewed by ex	18
the big house and	18
he was born in	18
out in the country	18
i never seed no	18
progress administration for the	18
former slaves typewritten records	18
in the back yard	18
my mother was the	18
i can tell you	18
give it to me	18
united states from interviews	18
records prepared by the	18
for the district of	18
projects administration for the	18
and the white folks	18
to wuk in de	18
interviews with former slaves	18
was when i was	18
as long as i	18
a man by the	18
states from interviews with	18
congress project work projects	18
slaves typewritten records prepared	18
columbia sponsored by the	18
out without a pass	18
i did not know	18
a folk history of	18
of congress project work	18
county anna pritchett kentucky	18
to school a little	18
from interviews with former	18
of columbia sponsored by	18
project work projects administration	18
with former slaves typewritten	18
dey had a big	18
my grandfather on my	18
administration for the state	18
narratives a folk history	18
been here ever since	18
library of congress project	18
typewritten records prepared by	18
take care of the	18
the united states from	18
acres of land and	18
works progress administration for	18
had two or three	18
assembled by the library	18
hall athens and john	18
anna pritchett kentucky avenue	18
de ku klux klan	17
how to read and	17
the master and his	17
my old master was	17
on the corner of	17
they used to have	17
she was a good	17
as long as he	17
told us we was	17
and a lot of	17
some of them would	17
i heard her say	17
long as he lived	17
used to come to	17
i was born right	17
at the beginning of	17
got big enough to	17
was sold to a	17
good things to eat	17
if you wanted to	17
go to the field	17
i heard em say	17
in the time of	17
with the white folks	17
born on a plantation	17
to keep them from	17
to go to war	17
you wants to know	17
and they had to	17
and things like that	17
most of the slaves	17
to a man named	17
i was old enough	17
a great deal of	17
there was plenty of	17
to de white folks	17
the yankees came through	17
close of the civil	17
she said she was	17
boys and two girls	17
was a cook and	17
and he had a	17
old when the war	17
father and mother were	17
i used to work	17
a white man and	17
all of the slaves	17
we come to arkansas	17
was eight years old	17
we lived in a	17
we had plenty of	17
up to de big	17
to be able to	17
and my father was	17
worked in the house	17
too old to work	17
in the house with	17
when we got sick	17
on the same plantation	16
slaves on de plantation	16
it was in the	16
district folklore subjects name	16
and went to the	16
after the war and	16
was born in georgia	16
put you in touch	16
no place to go	16
i was borned in	16
i wish i could	16
the ku klux never	16
i washed and ironed	16
in touch with informant	16
was a lot of	16
when i wuz a	16
for de white folks	16
was a house girl	16
that is all i	16
i was so little	16
atter de war was	16
i never will forget	16
who put you in	16
date and time of	16
you in touch with	16
lak dey does now	16
and i went to	16
mother died when i	16
two or three days	16
good to his niggers	16
and time of interview	16
went to school in	16
and there was a	16
my husband was a	16
i married when i	16
time of the war	16
as free as i	16
after the war i	16
was born and raised	16
one of the best	16
i would have to	16
read and write and	16
was born on a	16
i went to see	16
used to go to	16
and take care of	16
how old i was	16
de yankees come through	16
when de war ended	16
too old to go	16
they had to be	16
did not have any	15
born in south carolina	15
tell you what i	15
she was a field	15
the name of their	15
on top of the	15
took care of the	15
when i got back	15
when i come here	15
as much as they	15
in the confederate army	15
used to tell me	15
and told us we	15
took the name of	15
i stayed there till	15
the same kind of	15
a number of years	15
he said he would	15
was killed in the	15
they said i was	15
when freedom come on	15
in a log cabin	15
the war broke out	15
i have been married	15
years of age when	15
on the floor and	15
a slave on the	15
i learned to read	15
made on the plantation	15
them they was free	15
if you want to	15
we had a big	15
master and his family	15
and told them they	15
and date of birth	15
we went to church	15
was born in south	15
some of them had	15
a pair of shoes	15
never saw a slave	15
went to the field	15
they used to be	15
up and down the	15
told them they was	15
when i got big	15
community and religious activities	15
other points gained in	15
i had to go	15
circumstances of interview state	15
said it was a	15
was very kind to	15
as far as i	15
old when she died	15
place and date of	15
put on the block	15
and washed and ironed	15
and took care of	15
back to the house	15
got too old to	15
that was in the	15
i was a girl	15
personal history of informant	15
to learn to read	15
points gained in interview	15
lived in log houses	14
got a chance to	14
was in the war	14
with the exception of	14
i never seen a	14
in the way of	14
had to get a	14
enough to go to	14
i got so i	14
slaves were allowed to	14
de war wuz over	14
that is the way	14
in the rear of	14
i never had a	14
to go to bed	14
worked on the farm	14
to get a pass	14
me and my husband	14
eighteen hundred and sixty	14
to the door and	14
of the slaves on	14
went to work for	14
when i was small	14
i was the oldest	14
had a chance to	14
and i was born	14
she worked in the	14
when she was about	14
all de white folks	14
white folks was good	14
six years old when	14
by a white man	14
had to be in	14
was good to her	14
i was able to	14
i wus borned in	14
time after the war	14
i been here in	14
lived to be years	14
in eighteen hundred and	14
once in a while	14
and told me to	14
free as he was	14
the ku klux come	14
was about years old	14
but i never did	14
to go to work	14
up to the big	14
come to the house	14
and put it in	14
and do you know	14
as well as the	14
had to do was	14
to the highest bidder	14
i worked at the	14
all my life till	14
me when i was	14
there till i was	14
was just a little	14
they would have to	14
year of the surrender	14
i went to work	14
me and my wife	14
here to pine bluff	14
here in pine bluff	14
for a number of	14
as viewed by an	14
of de white folks	14
he was in the	14
the war between the	14
washed and ironed and	14
it was a big	14
come up to the	14
and went back to	14
viewed by an ex	14
special skills and interests	14
i had to do	14
large number of slaves	14
was born in alabama	14
the slaves were freed	13
you want to know	13
was four years old	13
it looked like a	13
i was twelve years	13
one end of the	13
was the son of	13
the names of the	13
and told him to	13
deleted from subsequent pages	13
and they had a	13
to get away from	13
that they used to	13
i have lived in	13
the master and mistress	13
repetitive information deleted from	13
what they told me	13
was here in slavery	13
dere wus a lot	13
on the porch and	13
they said he was	13
stayed there till i	13
in the fields and	13
and went to work	13
long time after the	13
in all my life	13
when the war broke	13
back in dem days	13
on a plantation near	13
de big house and	13
came to little rock	13
to go down to	13
was a pretty good	13
he was able to	13
on the porch of	13
went by the name	13
was born in tennessee	13
when he went to	13
there a long time	13
i have never seen	13
give us plenty of	13
me i was free	13
sold away from her	13
every now and then	13
to make a living	13
had a big old	13
wus a bad thing	13
from one plantation to	13
to work on the	13
told them that they	13
and go to the	13
was a small boy	13
to our house and	13
i come here to	13
many of the slaves	13
a lot of slaves	13
i was one of	13
when i wus a	13
here a long time	13
i was raised up	13
been a member of	13
my father died in	13
we used to have	13
was born in the	13
never had no trouble	13
as long as they	13
a hole in the	13
i can remember when	13
information deleted from subsequent	13
he was a white	13
i never seen no	13
know what to think	13
forty acres of land	13
in the back of	13
my grandmother on my	13
when the war come	13
the top of the	13
till i come to	13
information this information given	13
when peace was declared	13
was a slave on	13
and all kinds of	13
wus a lot of	13
she belonged to the	13
when de war was	13
come up to de	13
was so good to	13
was going to be	13
i was a small	13
the time i was	13
and i used to	13
to be years old	13
long time atter de	13
i was a big	13
was sent to the	13
he said it was	13
when the slaves were	13
and all sorts of	13
my white folks was	13
had plenty of good	13
keep the yankees from	13
de side of de	13
you had to have	13
of the big house	13
it was hard to	13
it used to be	13
war between the states	13
have a good time	13
the old age pension	13
i slept on a	13
de white folks church	13
he went to the	12
big enough to do	12
i been married twice	12
was kept in the	12
mighty good to me	12
one of the women	12
to come to the	12
i never did hear	12
when she was sold	12
big enough to work	12
all drink stone blind	12
pritchett kentucky avenue folklore	12
twelve years old when	12
did not know what	12
in addition to the	12
had a good master	12
to keep the yankees	12
the corner of the	12
all the time and	12
in the name of	12
my father and my	12
i took care of	12
my father said he	12
to wait on him	12
of the colored folks	12
a few of the	12
after the war my	12
the first thing i	12
lived in log cabins	12
to read or write	12
the block and sold	12
they were not allowed	12
learn to read and	12
so that he could	12
in a long time	12
de white folks and	12
the ku klux but	12
a lot of things	12
come back to see	12
around the house and	12
the younger generation is	12
but i never seed	12
one of the most	12
to the field and	12
was raised on the	12
when they went to	12
master was good to	12
wuk in de fields	12
i was born down	12
the other side of	12
i have never been	12
some of the slave	12
on the ground and	12
was in the field	12
folks was good to	12
years atter de war	12
right dar on de	12
was a slave and	12
know the names of	12
stayed in the house	12
two or three times	12
did not want to	12
and worked on the	12
kind to his slaves	12
my mother said they	12
i went to church	12
she was going to	12
i been in arkansas	12
was a mighty good	12
the slaves had to	12
was a free man	12
born right here in	12
went down to the	12
de war broke out	12
a drink of water	12
my mother had a	12
was born right here	12
was three years old	12
any of the slaves	12
from de big house	12
the civil war ended	12
i member when they	12
on the auction block	12
he would have to	12
i worked for the	12
two or three weeks	12
was a heap of	12
and his wife was	12
said he was a	12
mother and father was	12
he was a little	12
the civil war and	12
she went back to	12
a good place to	12
i told him i	12
fer a long time	12
there was a lot	12
i done told you	12
all of a sudden	12
go to the white	12
i am going to	12
de white folks had	12
as soon as he	12
the names of my	12
the white folks was	12
it was a good	12
at the home of	12
been here a long	12
in the morning and	12
it was all right	12
we had to go	12
ku klux but i	12
time atter de war	12
seven or eight years	12
from sun to sun	12
been dead a long	12
some of them was	12
on de plantation of	12
when i was in	12
one plantation to another	12
on the farm and	12
he was a very	12
the edge of the	12
would give you a	12
and there was no	11
he did not want	11
by de name of	11
in a few days	11
years old when he	11
mother was the cook	11
old to go to	11
the white folks would	11
us had plenty of	11
they were going to	11
one of them was	11
necks to keep off	11
vanderburgh county lauana creel	11
have a pass to	11
of the fact that	11
lived in a log	11
they had a little	11
the story of his	11
years of age and	11
i been here a	11
go to the war	11
by the side of	11
they had plenty of	11
the slaves were not	11
i wuz bawn in	11
to come up to	11
a sign of death	11
was born in arkansas	11
she was the mother	11
seen the ku klux	11
illustrated with photographs washington	11
something to eat and	11
on top of de	11
big enough to wuk	11
if they were caught	11
but they never did	11
a lot of the	11
of the younger generation	11
we had a hard	11
we come on the	11
old enough to go	11
in from de fields	11
the year of the	11
the bottom of the	11
i remember one time	11
the field to work	11
slaves lived in log	11
dey had to be	11
like it is now	11
good to me and	11
that the slaves were	11
note slave narratives a	11
of congress illustrated with	11
i was born near	11
i never seed him	11
they would have a	11
in spite of the	11
i reckon i was	11
in de middle of	11
he said to me	11
have a hard time	11
ku klux never bothered	11
that was in slavery	11
did not have to	11
i never had any	11
wanted to go back	11
come to see me	11
they had to have	11
they had to get	11
up a lot of	11
the war come on	11
just after the war	11
library of congress illustrated	11
to the house to	11
come on the train	11
from house to house	11
i went to a	11
of the united states	11
then we went to	11
made out of sticks	11
on the front porch	11
two years after the	11
as a result of	11
some of de white	11
they were set free	11
he had a good	11
was ten years old	11
dead a long time	11
wus good ter us	11
come to de house	11
on the side of	11
put me in the	11
in my whole life	11
you want me to	11
when asked about the	11
his wife was named	11
i was three years	11
by one of the	11
he was a preacher	11
in a little log	11
i never will forgit	11
congress illustrated with photographs	11
my mammy wuz named	11
as he could be	11
just the same as	11
my father went to	11
member of the family	11
in one of the	11
three times a day	11
and the ku klux	11
none of the slaves	11
mother worked in the	11
hundred pounds of cotton	11
i have been a	11
do all kinds of	11
give it to the	11
as long as she	11
here in little rock	11
it must have been	11
were made out of	11
eight years old when	11
i had one brother	11
had three boys and	11
to do was to	11
would have to be	11
i was sold to	11
like they used to	11
a plenty to eat	11
head and bloody bones	11
i was about years	11
lived in a big	11
after the close of	11
to visit his wife	11
was supposed to be	11
would come to the	11
had to get up	11
is one of the	11
i was out in	11
mother was a field	11
go down to the	11
one of the boys	11
went to wuk for	11
when they got to	11
the yankees come and	11
one day i was	11
but he had a	11
to the quarters and	11
of one of the	11
white folks had a	11
my pa and ma	10
one of the oldest	10
he had a lot	10
at the foot of	10
the house and told	10
after the war ended	10
dere was plenty of	10
personal information moved from	10
i got a job	10
was years old when	10
of the other slaves	10
they would give you	10
all the white folks	10
slaves on the place	10
was known as the	10
both white and colored	10
dere was allus plenty	10
long as i live	10
he was a boy	10
went back to her	10
i was born the	10
de big house was	10
to get rid of	10
her mother and father	10
told them they were	10
a good man and	10
when i was three	10
that i was born	10
i member when the	10
to me and i	10
when my mother died	10
want to go to	10
that is the reason	10
i wish i had	10
back to see me	10
she was owned by	10
when asked if she	10
was an old man	10
i get a little	10
i lived with my	10
i was four years	10
from time to time	10
them that they were	10
sold on the block	10
down on the floor	10
long atter de war	10
i was on the	10
the first time i	10
end of the year	10
as near as i	10
in de back yard	10
a pass to go	10
some of de niggers	10
any of his slaves	10
when i got up	10
in the home of	10
out of sticks and	10
i stayed in the	10
did not believe in	10
i was so small	10
but i had to	10
i wuz borned in	10
the young generation is	10
the children of the	10
from the white folks	10
i think slavery wus	10
dar on de plantation	10
what they called the	10
to go in the	10
we had a plenty	10
he went to war	10
three or four years	10
can read and write	10
from the big house	10
i went down to	10
the fourth of july	10
was five years old	10
to pine bluff and	10
i used to pick	10
good things ter eat	10
some of the young	10
after the death of	10
was a good woman	10
as well as i	10
i was going to	10
from one place to	10
had a big supper	10
she lived to be	10
slavery wus a bad	10
as soon as i	10
was made on the	10
come to arkansas in	10
but i did not	10
to the baptist church	10
the plantation of mr	10
and it was a	10
on their way to	10
i know one thing	10
he was a man	10
some of the people	10
was six years old	10
to work in de	10
of the name of	10
dere was a big	10
and put me in	10
went to school but	10
one or two of	10
good to their slaves	10
than they do now	10
i was young i	10
who was a slave	10
part prepared by the	10
was a little fellow	10
they had to go	10
hall athens leila harris	10
belonged to a man	10
the slaves were allowed	10
old when i was	10
to the woods and	10
was a colored man	10
i want to go	10
they would go to	10
i wus born in	10
all over the country	10
they are all dead	10
was born in a	10
to go out and	10
was years of age	10
a long ways off	10
but i never seen	10
was what they called	10
i never saw any	10
was all de time	10
was placed on the	10
us had a big	10
i guess it was	10
if they wanted to	10
as man and wife	10
time when i was	10
us chillun used to	10
was put on the	10
go up to the	10
about years of age	10
have heard my mother	10
for the most part	10
to one of the	10
some of the niggers	10
sold on de block	10
they took all the	10
raw head and bloody	10
father was a carpenter	10
never did know what	10
narratives part prepared by	10
a long time to	10
wuz good ter us	10
to get out of	10
de end of de	10
the man who owned	10
had a plenty to	10
of the white people	10
was fifteen years old	10
i used to have	10
was a slave of	10
was good to them	10
when my mother was	10
allowed to go to	10
i have seen the	10
the size of the	10
boys and three girls	10
to talk to you	10
and i never did	10
to the field to	10
after the war they	10
far as i know	10
on a plantation in	10
my father was sold	10
was hired out to	10
right here in arkansas	10
in a great big	10
in the corner of	10
went to the house	10
i never heard her	10
must have been a	10
but i can remember	10
there was an old	10
had to have passes	10
i must have been	10
as i can remember	10
born and raised in	10
i live with my	10
i was ten years	10
old when he died	10
he and his wife	10
she died when i	10
i have been in	10
my father told me	10
had a big plantation	10
of the house and	10
got to go to	10
his father was a	10
there would be a	10
my mother died when	10
i have heard of	10
and that was the	10
you could hear the	10
beginning of the civil	10
they lived in a	10
the members of the	10
and after the war	10
a place to stay	10
to look after the	10
in the state of	10
handwritten note slave narratives	10
up in the loft	10
out in de woods	10
four years old when	10
come in from de	10
had a big time	10
mother was a slave	10
war was over and	10
i have seen slaves	10
he was allowed to	10
athens leila harris augusta	9
go back to the	9
the center of the	9
said they had a	9
had to go back	9
to keep up with	9
help from the welfare	9
he went off to	9
he used to tell	9
for the purpose of	9
space on this page	9
boys and one girl	9
i can remember the	9
when i was years	9
no church on the	9
up on the block	9
time in my life	9
when dey got sick	9
when the white folks	9
augusta and john n	9
was able to work	9
me in the field	9
on the willis plantation	9
back to her old	9
mother and father lived	9
i was raised on	9
i thought it was	9
leila harris augusta and	9
did not have a	9
in the form of	9
thomas elmore lucy person	9
my daddy was a	9
i never was sold	9
and told him that	9
he was a big	9
he wanted to go	9
him when he was	9
i got a good	9
near as i can	9
in a log house	9
was owned by mr	9
was very fond of	9
to be good to	9
beginning of the war	9
with photographs washington volume	9
into the house and	9
i wus a little	9
of the slave owners	9
with my white folks	9
my young master was	9
on the back porch	9
if they had a	9
a year or two	9
too old to wuk	9
left and went to	9
father and my mother	9
i was scared of	9
come to see us	9
and my mother and	9
at the house and	9
one of his slaves	9
i wus born on	9
the owner of the	9
of his early life	9
know what become of	9
provided by the library	9
the last of the	9
then i come to	9
went to de war	9
to me but i	9
first thing i remember	9
to the fact that	9
she had to go	9
went to school some	9
and they would give	9
of them are dead	9
his mother and father	9
have plenty to eat	9
to go to town	9
wuz made out of	9
a little piece of	9
but i never saw	9
i will tell you	9
images provided by the	9
part of the time	9
the last time i	9
in slavery time and	9
you want to go	9
at de end of	9
in the field till	9
what was the matter	9
she was sold to	9
go in the woods	9
to come to see	9
i was about twenty	9
the north and south	9
to the home of	9
the slaves would be	9
old master was named	9
back of the church	9
come and got me	9
on the train and	9
at de same time	9
they were allowed to	9
i jined de church	9
the civil war broke	9
were cared for by	9
i remember when they	9
on the top of	9
put on de block	9
one of the men	9
was a white woman	9
he was sold to	9
when de yankees comed	9
so that they could	9
enough space on this	9
to take keer of	9
she would have to	9
of good things to	9
but my mother was	9
he was a blacksmith	9
district vanderburgh county lauana	9
and he said he	9
one thing and another	9
i have had a	9
was about the same	9
the days of slavery	9
away from the plantation	9
to the colored folks	9
there was a man	9
when i growed up	9
scared to death of	9
i had two brothers	9
in front of de	9
were made on the	9
he was a soldier	9
the age of years	9
have a big time	9
i never seed none	9
lived in a little	9
teach us to read	9
father was a slave	9
the young people of	9
how freedom came the	9
they used to sing	9
she was a little	9
the house and the	9
you had to be	9
her mother was a	9
had a son named	9
the emancipation proclamation was	9
come change my name	9
too young to remember	9
so that they would	9
he was years old	9
but i have heard	9
on one side and	9
elmore lucy person interviewed	9
the first work i	9
he was an old	9
harris augusta and john	9
in the field all	9
was born in texas	9
years old when de	9
and i was a	9
it was on the	9
that was the first	9
was mighty good to	9
i have been here	9
a lot of money	9
told us we were	9
come to this country	9
was after the war	9
and all of us	9
and wanted me to	9
put it in the	9
father was a white	9
i tell you i	9
his mother was a	9
you see i was	9
a pass from their	9
the civil war was	9
it was just like	9
two or three months	9
i was young and	9
for three or four	9
i was born after	9
not enough space on	9
when we come to	9
person of color shall	9
want to tell you	9
but i never heard	9
in the center of	9
and then they would	9
they did not have	9
was married when i	9
went to see her	9
de middle of de	9
to church on sunday	9
i heard them say	9
i was raised in	9
as far as the	9
the first place i	9
so good to me	9
but i was born	9
in the field in	9
after freedom was declared	9
both black and white	9
never had any trouble	9
miss grace mccune athens	9
do you remember when	9
after peace was declared	9
but de white folks	9
was a field woman	9
when we got to	9
i had on a	9
i was bred and	9
ten or twelve years	9
me in the house	9
when they got through	9
all the rest of	9
died when she was	9
civil war broke out	9
they was going to	9
never heard of any	9
ma and pa was	9
would come in and	9
when de war come	9
but i was a	9
come to see her	9
on account of his	9
we had to work	9
but we went to	9
a little to eat	9
i never heard my	9
slaves went to de	9
i was scared to	9
in the field to	9
saw a slave sold	9
was seven years old	9
years ole when de	9
went to church wid	9
worked on the shares	9
on a small farm	9
on the other hand	9
my brothers and sisters	9
a part of the	9
that they had to	9
she said it was	9
have to go to	9
was one of de	9
it was the custom	9
us we were free	9
who worked in the	9
owned a large plantation	9
if not enough space	9
the front of the	9
that is about all	9
i never did get	9
and had to be	9
and when it was	9
i was so scared	9
as soon as we	9
slaves were required to	9
was bred and born	9
life as a slave	9
acres and a mule	9
i went to wuk	9
his wife and children	9
was my old master	9
atter de war we	9
been here so long	9
the first day of	9
i was eight years	8
to work at night	8
and i was the	8
was good to him	8
he was a great	8
dey goes ter de	8
never seen no ku	8
i got back to	8
i can read and	8
they could go to	8
us to read and	8
she had a little	8
i know it was	8
when the stars fell	8
it was all over	8
he was a young	8
eight dollars a month	8
put me on the	8
dey wanted to go	8
learned me how to	8
old when the civil	8
hard for me to	8
till after the war	8
i got too old	8
a long time since	8
not old enough to	8
they worked in the	8
was taken to the	8
part of the country	8
and we had to	8
they had a great	8
the white folks to	8
i never saw my	8
tell you all about	8
atter de war wuz	8
when he wanted to	8
was pretty good to	8
never been to school	8
took a notion to	8
heard of the ku	8
to a white man	8
as a general rule	8
de fields at night	8
in the year of	8
and i been here	8
each family was given	8
what he had done	8
part of the state	8
he belonged to the	8
when he come back	8
just as good as	8
church on the plantation	8
is good to me	8
he told her to	8
when i got home	8
did you ever see	8
never did go to	8
work on the farm	8
to let me go	8
had a big farm	8
got as far as	8
a lot of people	8
sick a long time	8
and went to bed	8
lived in the big	8
them they were free	8
after the war right	8
i have been told	8
he lived in the	8
just as soon as	8
just like they do	8
i was too old	8
working in the field	8
had to git up	8
did not teach us	8
he would come to	8
other slaves on the	8
to be in the	8
in the house to	8
as soon as she	8
my father used to	8
as she could be	8
to see what was	8
cooked in a big	8
we used to sing	8
me to go to	8
all de rest of	8
with the other slaves	8
to all of us	8
went to war and	8
the welfare gives me	8
on one side of	8
atter de war i	8
to see how to	8
remained on the plantation	8
gives me a little	8
and the old man	8
in south carolina and	8
had lots of slaves	8
we used to go	8
the field and i	8
know whether it was	8
one time when i	8
it was not until	8
a whole heap of	8
was very good to	8
to live with her	8
i never got to	8
my mother say that	8
he was a fine	8
he lived to be	8
since i was a	8
they had a lot	8
a white man named	8
to go from one	8
went into the house	8
field worker john a	8
nothing to do with	8
first pair of shoes	8
fill up the bowl	8
at one end of	8
i was married when	8
to his slaves and	8
no slave or free	8
was good old days	8
fall of the year	8
took care of her	8
and my mother wus	8
told him if he	8
i stayed with them	8
the name of his	8
but he did not	8
when i was able	8
no money to buy	8
three or four months	8
of the slaves went	8
born a slave in	8
slave name and address	8
was the father of	8
the white folks in	8
as they could be	8
like i told you	8
but he was a	8
want to go back	8
there was a large	8
said that he was	8
on the part of	8
and had to go	8
de way dey done	8
in de old days	8
an old white man	8
very kind to his	8
and worked in the	8
old enough to work	8
watt mckinney person interviewed	8
we all went to	8
voted a republican ticket	8
what to think of	8
come out of the	8
ever since i was	8
of the slaves who	8
when you were a	8
the only thing i	8
was sold to the	8
a colored man named	8
there were lots of	8
too old for field	8
used to work for	8
of land and a	8
we had good food	8
when they come in	8
i reckon it was	8
between the north and	8
and a white man	8
the hands of the	8
it was necessary to	8
sold to a man	8
from side to side	8
dat de yankees wuz	8
de white folkses had	8
mother was a cook	8
come back to arkansas	8
was in slavery time	8
side of the road	8
a time or two	8
i seen the yankees	8
when de white folks	8
father was a blacksmith	8
he was a farmer	8
he was the only	8
too young to know	8
in new york city	8
to little rock and	8
and when they got	8
stay in the woods	8
ready to go to	8
and told him he	8
before she was married	8
on the plantation were	8
lak dey is now	8
in the life of	8
i am the only	8
to the end of	8
remember the ku klux	8
six or seven years	8
hid in the woods	8
since i been in	8
in the war and	8
if they caught you	8
went to live with	8
i want to tell	8
raised on the farm	8
it was just a	8
a short distance from	8
cooked and washed and	8
when de surrender come	8
mother was a house	8
or ten years old	8
african methodist episcopal church	8
i was borned on	8
lived on a plantation	8
under the house and	8
if dey wanted to	8
and one of the	8
of the young folks	8
she and my father	8
me and my brother	8
and put them on	8
i went to town	8
i joined the church	8
slaves were not allowed	8
with the white children	8
sent to the field	8
most of my life	8
in the front yard	8
out on the porch	8
work when i was	8
a house girl and	8
for a few minutes	8
i heard him say	8
i was too small	8
in a wagon and	8
heard my father say	8
got along all right	8
to keep the flies	8
after he had been	8
three or four days	8
far as i knows	8
i have seen them	8
as long as you	8
father belonged to the	8
that was the only	8
when i was twenty	8
war was going on	8
had to go in	8
came back to the	8
ter de big house	8
in the fall of	8
in order to keep	8
miss fannie and miss	8
mother was sold to	8
a mighty good man	8
used to go out	8
the mother of ten	8
had to work hard	8
my mother said she	8
to see me and	8
the head with the	8
would give him a	8
tell you the truth	8
de klu klux klan	8
years old when peace	8
if they did not	8
that he was not	8
the war right after	8
got plenty to eat	8
on some of the	8
for two or three	8
than they are now	8
i come back here	8
to a man by	8
him and his wife	8
during the period of	8
what it was all	8
never did see her	8
she was a house	8
stayed on the place	8
wanted to git married	8
help from the government	8
older than i was	8
right there in the	8
like i used to	8
since i come to	8
took care of me	8
some of them were	8
there was a white	8
a pass from his	8
used to say that	8
she was married to	8
to tell de truth	8
mother belonged to the	8
she lived in the	8
nearly all the time	8
i was married in	8
about years old when	8
there was lots of	8
belong to the same	8
one day i went	8
i think abraham lincoln	8
to see my mother	8
both white and black	8
all i know about	8
was in slavery times	8
it was all about	8
same kind of food	8
was a member of	8
there was only one	8
back to the plantation	8
i never did have	8
fell in love with	8
since i been here	8
mother and father had	8
year i was born	8
at a place called	8
was a kind of	8
in a few minutes	8
did you ever hear	8
made out of pine	8
the present times is	8
do you want to	8
saw to it that	8
to come back to	8
as they do now	8
till i was grown	8
i know one time	8
is the mother of	8
come to my house	8
done a heap of	8
she said she had	8
but they never bothered	8
i was grown and	8
go back to work	8
we did not know	8
raised on the plantation	8
a heap of times	8
he went back to	8
was thirteen years old	8
was born in in	8
i heard my father	8
to tell you about	8
have heard my father	7
been married three times	7
women were required to	7
a heap of trouble	7
i reckin dat i	7
to the civil war	7
her all the time	7
much work to do	7
on a block and	7
i never did go	7
he must have been	7
war right after the	7
would go up to	7
i have heard her	7
the aid of a	7
used to belong to	7
to read the bible	7
the state of georgia	7
she used to tell	7
was hard to get	7
told her she was	7
used to live in	7
good place to sleep	7
we went back to	7
the house with the	7
and put them in	7
can tell you all	7
a great big old	7
you could see the	7
in the field when	7
all of us was	7
my sister and me	7
they would whip you	7
war we stayed on	7
would have to go	7
clothes made out of	7
what they called a	7
the old man and	7
he did not know	7
was one of them	7
during the time of	7
some of the masters	7
up on top of	7
go out in the	7
de big gun fiahed	7
made on de plantation	7
i wuz a little	7
one day when i	7
to eat and plenty	7
put them in a	7
the property of the	7
so far as i	7
i was a chap	7
to his house and	7
when they were sick	7
all over de place	7
all sorts of good	7
when i was fifteen	7
get up and go	7
take care of me	7
i was the only	7
father was a farmer	7
she was a child	7
turned out to be	7
year after the war	7
i have heard that	7
been in hot springs	7
too old to do	7
my mother said that	7
before she married was	7
or you can go	7
and then he would	7
old master had a	7
when de war started	7
to come on back	7
stayed there a long	7
so many of them	7
we come back to	7
when he died and	7
was given to the	7
when i was ten	7
as dey could be	7
i never saw her	7
married the first time	7
went to texas and	7
justice of the peace	7
how they used to	7
when i was two	7
years old when freedom	7
saw a lot of	7
i was working for	7
tried to run away	7
kentucky avenue folklore mrs	7
give it to him	7
meat and bread and	7
went to school three	7
i would go to	7
eight years of age	7
my papa was a	7
girls and one boy	7
was known as a	7
for a few days	7
i used to make	7
i had a stroke	7
my folks stayed on	7
killed in the war	7
know what to say	7
was a slave in	7
and put him in	7
but i never had	7
get a pass from	7
a long time but	7
have enough to eat	7
is the father of	7
was so glad to	7
he was a mighty	7
as some of the	7
had good white folks	7
born before the war	7
they would put the	7
a piece of money	7
was owned by a	7
white folks lived in	7
i have been living	7
slaves would run away	7
but it was a	7
i went into the	7
had plenty ter eat	7
to be one hundred	7
in the spring of	7
they used to put	7
of congress washington volume	7
had to be done	7
out to the field	7
when i went back	7
a lot of de	7
that is what i	7
all i can remember	7
was a grown man	7
ten years old when	7
a few days later	7
wus a good man	7
he does not know	7
was in the army	7
down in the field	7
all of his slaves	7
a lot of us	7
then we moved to	7
and she was a	7
available by the library	7
the white folks did	7
after the war he	7
a good deal of	7
he never come back	7
about twelve years old	7
to attend the white	7
i can remember that	7
down in the country	7
before the close of	7
that i went to	7
the present generation is	7
about seven or eight	7
the men on the	7
free and could go	7
he never got a	7
but they did not	7
to stay on wid	7
go to de war	7
in the house for	7
on de way to	7
over the head with	7
was allus plenty of	7
times is hard for	7
brought a good price	7
worked on the railroad	7
to the colored people	7
as if it was	7
were too young to	7
at an early age	7
they told me to	7
we had to do	7
lives with her daughter	7
she was the cook	7
they had a good	7
ten dollars a month	7
was not allowed to	7
was about twelve years	7
to de woods and	7
from where i was	7
he was a colored	7
go back to see	7
i come back to	7
right on the plantation	7
good to all of	7
the period of slavery	7
that was all the	7
the old home place	7
with the white people	7
was scared of em	7
she was gwine to	7
scared me to death	7
him and told him	7
the colored folks had	7
seen no ku klux	7
they used to make	7
i thought she was	7
marster had a big	7
i was six years	7
of the young people	7
that was what they	7
to and from the	7
he says that he	7
we were free and	7
five dollars a month	7
raised cotton and corn	7
jine up wid de	7
in the hands of	7
on the womble plantation	7
able to do much	7
father was owned by	7
if you had a	7
made available by the	7
up in a tree	7
the master of the	7
i had three brothers	7
enough to eat and	7
after i was married	7
you better not be	7
lived on a farm	7
went to a place	7
tea is good for	7
some of the old	7
images generously made available	7
down on de floor	7
soon as i could	7
he died when i	7
that was where they	7
to arkansas when i	7
take care of them	7
had to work in	7
you had to get	7
to stay in the	7
made out of coarse	7
used to have to	7
let us go to	7
the slaves when they	7
for me and i	7
was two or three	7
i learned how to	7
said they used to	7
said i was born	7
but i have seen	7
and i would say	7
what my mother told	7
after the war the	7
him to read and	7
never heard of no	7
generously made available by	7
what i told you	7
have no place to	7
to the plantation and	7
a long time i	7
hundred acres of land	7
grace mccune athens edited	7
when they had a	7
and de white folks	7
when dey wanted to	7
i never seen him	7
is about all i	7
never worked in the	7
wid de white folks	7
eight or nine years	7
had a large family	7
said she was sold	7
since then i have	7
were not permitted to	7
one of dem old	7
in de kitchen and	7
told him that he	7
born on the plantation	7
and hide it in	7
de war was done	7
was a big crowd	7
what was known as	7
out at night and	7
think slavery wus a	7
got a lot of	7
never did come back	7
was the one that	7
the old man was	7
as from here to	7
belong to the baptist	7
got so i could	7
wuz good to me	7
take care of her	7
i worked for mr	7
i belonged to the	7
was the daughter of	7
war was done over	7
he told him he	7
on account of the	7
right in the house	7
exactly how old i	7
all the way to	7
it was against the	7
know when i was	7
on de other side	7
lived on the same	7
on top of a	7
i was named for	7
and me and my	7
and the slaves were	7
was the name of	7
a young man and	7
back of the house	7
of sticks and red	7
was a log house	7
the rest of his	7
one time i was	7
year after the surrender	7
there were so many	7
i reckon dat i	7
and we went to	7
but the white folks	7
to get him to	7
we lived on the	7
slaves from other plantations	7
she was in the	7
stayed in the woods	7
but he was too	7
to be a good	7
it was the same	7
old blue back speller	7
take care of his	7
soon as he got	7
a good master and	7
home from the war	7
i have seen many	7
first day of january	7
he used to come	7
and all of them	7
my mother and sister	7
he was too old	7
to live in the	7
was the same as	7
home without a pass	7
we had our own	7
to go into the	7
i used to get	7
and had a good	7
i was gwine to	7
it was so cold	7
and when he got	7
one of the old	7
i could tell you	7
been able to do	7
of milk and butter	7
two boys and three	7
was the property of	7
white folks and slaves	7
you ever hear of	7
she was a slave	7
the th day of	7
some of de other	7
good to me but	7
mother and the other	7
it is a sign	7
three years old when	7
to do any work	7
the life of a	7
and his mother was	7
were good to us	7
in the winter time	7
the life of the	7
me to tell you	7
to keep the weather	7
they went to church	7
library of congress washington	7
tennessee i wuz bawn	7
on the front door	7
she was one of	7
white folks used to	7
on each side of	7
of whom are living	7
said that the slaves	7
just as free as	7
were allowed to have	7
food was kept in	7
father and mother had	7
rest of de night	7
know nothing about it	7
they were supposed to	7
i wish i was	7
as good as they	7
as soon as the	7
lived in a two	7
my missus wus named	7
name before she married	7
they had to do	7
but i know i	7
put her in the	7
get out of the	7
seed him no more	7
i heard mother say	7
and a pair of	7
wuz good to us	7
get no help from	7
mccune athens edited by	7
got out of the	7
they would give him	7
mother told me that	7
have nothing to do	7
when they come to	7
long as she lived	7
six years of age	7
i came to arkansas	7
the slaves that they	7
able to do no	7
we lived in log	7
to wait on her	7
we had to have	7
and made a crop	7
or eight years old	7
the children in the	7
all kinds of vegetables	7
old when i married	7
the young people are	7
they was in the	7
never seen a slave	7
the slaves went to	7
worked around the house	7
us to obey our	7
there was always plenty	7
that they would be	7
mother and father both	7
it was time for	7
of them are living	7
the cooking was done	7
how freedom came i	7
that some of the	7
she had to be	7
thing i remember was	7
to git me to	7
a little bit of	7
been married four times	7
keep the weather out	7
a bale of cotton	7
with my mother and	7
asked if he had	7
was the only one	7
he give me a	7
not far from the	7
that is where i	7
they told me i	7
that was after the	7
we could hear the	7
he married my mother	7
told me not to	7
was a young woman	7
used to hear my	7
was glad to see	7
i think it is	7
and my father belonged	7
dere was allus a	7
i used to cook	7
on the north side	7
my mother and my	7
my first teacher was	7
a lot of them	7
to do no work	7
to keep out of	7
heard her say she	7
to de same church	7
a jail for slaves	7
old as i is	7
for the first time	7
had two girls and	7
it was necessary for	7
much about the war	7
in the summer time	7
as well as if	7
there was no church	7
of de big house	7
was the cause of	7
and he went on	7
was sold on the	7
and a heap of	7
at the hands of	7
seven years old when	7
i had a hard	7
a peck of meal	7
and it was not	7
slaves they were free	7
in the cotton fields	7
his name was john	7
was so mean to	7
about three or four	7
de big house to	7
early in the morning	7
they taught me to	7
to the smoke house	7
and as soon as	7
we had a lot	7
i worked on a	7
used to give us	7
when asked if he	7
was in the house	7
in the same manner	7
i was little and	7
the white folks told	7
all of my life	7
never gwine to forgit	7
all cooking was done	7
and one or two	7
was one of dem	7
us to go to	7
i stayed on wid	7
she wanted me to	7
in much the same	7
owned a large number	7
in de winter time	7
never seed him no	7
dere was lots of	7
put up on the	6
one side and the	6
five or six miles	6
to see me again	6
go to the spring	6
and when i got	6
that they were not	6
sat in the back	6
when the emancipation proclamation	6
go to church and	6
how ole i is	6
had a colored man	6
know how long i	6
down on the river	6
we had to eat	6
klux never bothered us	6
was two years old	6
and when he was	6
never seen him no	6
it was on a	6
was a fine cook	6
by de light of	6
she was born a	6
plenty of milk and	6
like some of the	6
good to us as	6
milk and butter and	6
they called it a	6
in from the fields	6
i came to little	6
his father and mother	6
all the colored people	6
who owned a large	6
master and mistress were	6
a lot of other	6
de slaves went to	6
he told me to	6
i got up and	6
to work for her	6
to be a hundred	6
he was so good	6
ku klux klan i	6
the same as the	6
give it to you	6
in dat big old	6
first year after the	6
i know all about	6
and went to texas	6
hired me out to	6
to her by her	6
dey went to de	6
going to be free	6
to wuk for mr	6
up on a high	6
the lord have mercy	6
some of the others	6
slave stories district vanderburgh	6
one of the white	6
we never had any	6
the yankees come in	6
up wid de church	6
too little to know	6
and anything else they	6
used to have a	6
of the slaves would	6
five years old when	6
thought so much of	6
run away to de	6
my father was killed	6
where i was raised	6
to cook for the	6
never did see none	6
the sides of the	6
sometimes they would be	6
part of the way	6
and when he came	6
long as i was	6
a hundred or more	6
i was born three	6
soon after the war	6
if i could get	6
the end of each	6
out of the way	6
washington volume ii arkansas	6
they were given a	6
on one side de	6
and they would put	6
i thought i was	6
made all the shoes	6
made out of wood	6
the only one of	6
but they had to	6
lived on the place	6
i worked for him	6
on his knees and	6