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trigram	frequency
i was born	809
was born in	573
when i was	566
he was a	516
i was a	441
the white folks	401
after the war	398
a long time	371
i went to	352
one of the	342
to go to	320
i used to	315
some of the	311
my mother was	307
a lot of	306
on the plantation	300
in the field	296
the ku klux	270
the civil war	263
my father was	251
miss irene robertson	248
robertson person interviewed	246
irene robertson person	246
it was a	241
there was a	240
he had a	236
de white folks	229
she was a	228
they had a	223
went to the	214
of the slaves	203
in the house	199
i had a	196
went to school	190
the name of	187
de big house	187
my mother and	185
out of the	183
a white man	182
we had a	180
was good to	180
was a good	174
they had to	168
i had to	167
all the time	164
they used to	161
mother and father	160
had a big	160
on the place	159
had to be	156
two or three	156
to be a	156
out in the	155
good to me	155
read and write	154
was in the	154
a heap of	154
made out of	152
years old when	152
on de plantation	150
some of them	150
when the war	147
we went to	147
the slaves were	146
of the war	145
worked in the	144
in my life	143
i never did	143
bernice bowden person	142
when he was	142
bowden person interviewed	142
the big house	141
i come to	141
and i was	141
go to the	140
and went to	140
when she was	138
mother was a	136
when i got	134
all my life	134
the war was	134
most of the	133
plenty to eat	131
all de time	130
years of age	130
some of de	129
in slavery time	129
the house and	129
to the house	129
was a little	128
work in the	128
atter de war	128
in the woods	127
in slavery times	124
my father and	120
father was a	120
was a slave	120
the old man	118
had to go	118
used to be	117
i can remember	117
was one of	117
to read and	114
i got a	113
and it was	112
was a big	110
he had to	109
i have been	108
had a good	108
in dem days	107
she had a	107
my white folks	107
in the fields	107
take care of	106
the colored folks	105
before the war	104
and my mother	103
went back to	102
as long as	101
to have a	101
in the yard	101
and they would	100
that he was	100
father and mother	100
but i never	99
all of the	98
taylor person interviewed	98
as well as	98
that was the	98
there was no	98
it was the	97
me and my	96
to eat and	96
on the farm	96
and he was	95
i never heard	94
we had to	94
i tell you	93
and his wife	93
he said he	93
back to the	93
up to the	93
the white people	92
war was over	92
had to work	91
to keep the	91
in them days	91
his name was	91
big enough to	91
he went to	91
for a long	90
he used to	90
i have seen	89
never had no	88
belonged to the	88
was a white	87
daisy bailey waitt	87
up in the	87
but i was	86
good to us	86
one of them	86
in front of	86
would have to	84
part of the	84
at that time	84
when the yankees	84
i never saw	84
during the war	83
a piece of	83
was going to	83
in those days	83
i do not	83
ku klux klan	83
i was in	82
i was the	82
never went to	82
i wanted to	82
end of the	82
de yankees come	81
by the name	81
a good time	81
i was about	81
when they were	81
the rest of	81
a great big	81
a hard time	81
the end of	80
was born on	80
i was so	80
come to arkansas	80
i was married	80
down in the	80
to the field	80
give it to	79
to work in	79
one of my	79
that they were	79
i was too	78
the colored people	78
three or four	78
i never seen	78
down to the	77
and some of	77
and the other	77
used to have	77
i got to	77
of the old	77
wanted to go	76
in the country	76
we used to	76
went to de	76
de white folkses	76
dey had a	76
to the white	76
i have heard	76
too old to	76
that was in	75
as soon as	75
pat matthews no	75
lived in a	75
to make a	75
you had to	75
when de yankees	74
on the floor	74
when he died	74
and my father	74
my mother had	73
they went to	72
the yankees come	72
they were free	72
to tell you	72
i never went	72
in the war	72
out in de	72
went to church	71
had to do	71
at de big	71
had plenty of	71
i never seed	71
to get a	70
a good man	70
but it was	70
four or five	70
when de war	69
when it was	69
we had plenty	69
he was the	69
in south carolina	69
acres of land	69
had to have	69
i never had	68
she was sold	68
they would have	68
to come to	68
in de house	68
one of his	68
when i wuz	67
he had been	67
right after the	67
go back to	67
she said she	67
i worked for	67
and she was	67
all kinds of	67
where i was	67
in the morning	67
dey had to	67
all the slaves	66
when i come	66
it would be	66
in a big	66
give me a	66
her name was	66
an interview with	66
white folks and	65
as far as	65
one of de	65
out of de	65
i know i	64
to see her	64
one of dem	64
he did not	64
i did not	64
i been here	64
when we got	64
as much as	64
in north carolina	64
and when he	63
we lived in	63
in de woods	63
all of them	63
had a little	63
old enough to	63
when they was	63
had plenty to	63
when they got	63
the age of	63
and all the	63
they wanted to	63
born in slavery	63
side of the	63
said it was	63
and they had	63
and he would	62
when she died	62
white folks had	62
at one time	62
the war and	62
said he was	62
able to work	62
in de yard	62
was sold to	62
slaves on the	62
my name is	62
belong to the	62
a man named	62
to go back	62
five or six	61
i remember when	61
of the white	61
till i was	61
a number of	61
to live in	61
she had to	61
one or two	61
a few years	61
did not have	61
on the ground	61
i belonged to	60
for the white	60
on our place	60
lived in the	60
they would be	60
for me to	60
of the time	60
a few days	60
that is the	60
in the same	60
a colored man	59
the united states	59
took care of	59
was born a	59
without a pass	59
in little rock	59
in de field	59
most of de	59
to be sold	58
was made out	58
eight years old	58
go to church	58
on our plantation	58
i was young	58
my mother said	58
after the surrender	58
my mother died	58
used to come	58
to work for	58
and had a	58
the library of	57
library of congress	57
when he got	57
the slaves on	57
go to school	57
and address of	57
white folks was	57
he wanted to	57
the war ended	57
worked on the	57
would go to	57
any of the	57
come back to	57
and i had	56
how old i	56
the slaves had	56
many of the	56
i was raised	56
there were no	56
they was free	56
name and address	56
you want to	56
the young folks	56
want to go	55
on the block	55
they did not	55
was a great	55
got to be	55
was owned by	55
our white folks	55
the mother of	55
the woods and	55
used to go	55
dere was a	55
died when i	55
but he was	54
all of us	54
did not know	54
away from the	54
the time of	54
what to do	54
to be free	54
said she was	54
by the library	54
my old master	54
in the back	54
a pair of	54
to the war	54
and i never	54
bailey waitt tr	54
twelve years old	54
he was born	53
washed and ironed	53
on his place	53
had a hard	53
must have been	53
what it was	53
not allowed to	53
was just a	53
to live on	53
up in de	53
and he said	53
they would give	53
i wuz a	53
it to the	53
i went back	53
i told him	53
and told him	53
to take care	53
i want to	53
and he had	53
come to the	53
and go to	53
it was all	52
she was the	52
of the house	52
was born at	52
she had been	52
to little rock	52
of the civil	52
to wait on	52
it was in	52
and they were	52
i came to	52
old master was	52
on de place	52
long time ago	52
in the winter	52
to his slaves	52
was a very	52
on the porch	51
and i have	51
of de slaves	51
she was born	51
was the only	51
the field and	51
mother was named	51
name of interviewer	51
as good as	51
and when i	50
i come here	50
his wife was	50
they do now	50
to do it	50
in the big	50
master was named	50
a field hand	50
in the kitchen	50
was allowed to	50
and when the	50
was a child	50
the next day	50
i have never	50
to school a	50
when freedom come	50
on the other	50
the close of	50
he was good	50
never did see	50
at the time	50
i heard my	50
was a boy	49
come to see	49
a member of	49
able to do	49
know what to	49
to run away	49
to de house	49
the old folks	49
we come to	49
of the other	49
was a field	49
born a slave	49
one day i	49
de rest of	49
were allowed to	49
as he was	49
was years old	48
to see me	48
went to work	48
used to make	48
and when they	48
up and down	48
to see the	48
we was free	48
of his slaves	48
when dey got	48
i worked on	48
went to a	48
at the age	48
many a time	48
me and i	48
up on the	48
dey give us	48
he was so	48
at a time	48
come in and	48
had a lot	47
that it was	47
too young to	47
he would have	47
right here in	47
they said they	47
a big old	47
the same as	47
ma and pa	47
were not allowed	47
they told me	47
rest of the	47
and there was	47
had lots of	47
lived to be	47
that was a	47
five years old	47
we did not	47
told me to	47
told me that	46
and in the	46
down on de	46
he was in	46
i was free	46
was on the	46
years old and	46
down to de	46
she was so	46
went to see	46
up to de	46
said i was	46
information given by	46
went to war	46
and had to	46
six years old	46
in de fields	46
and told us	46
the plantation and	46
i belong to	46
know how to	46
had to get	45
on top of	45
i was just	45
she went to	45
had to take	45
lived on the	45
master and mistress	45
was able to	45
down in de	45
i remember the	45
to the other	45
on a plantation	45
have a pass	45
to the slaves	45
georgia written by	45
come up to	45
something to eat	45
was a young	45
after de war	45
close of the	45
mother was sold	45
a whole lot	45
go to de	45
the white man	44
a young man	44
district supervisor federal	44
a chance to	44
they never did	44
i was sold	44
and that was	44
good to his	44
was the first	44
learned to read	44
to see him	44
none of us	44
when they come	44
were made of	44
and i would	44
de war was	44
but i know	44
and then they	44
but i have	44
at the end	44
on account of	44
do you remember	44
he was sold	44
that she was	44
a little boy	44
in de big	44
of the slave	44
give him a	44
sometimes they would	43
to come back	43
in slavery days	43
as they were	43
project american guide	43
would have been	43
some of dem	43
around the house	43
come to our	43
place of residence	43
it in the	43
the old woman	43
to our house	43
they lived in	43
was a baby	43
he come back	43
member of the	43
none of the	43
to make the	43
my young master	43
booth district supervisor	43
here in arkansas	43
the other slaves	43
as a slave	43
told him to	43
of them were	43
in the world	43
to get the	42
what they called	42
the story of	42
up in a	42
a little girl	42
white and black	42
on the train	42
where he was	42
with the white	42
heard my mother	42
was a long	42
at night and	42
and we had	42
stayed in the	42
for us to	42
in a little	42
the door and	42
we had good	42
when i married	42
him and he	42
of the family	42
personal interview with	42
care of the	41
in wake county	41
back of the	41
was too old	41
then i went	41
was an old	41
none of them	41
he wuz a	41
and they was	41
to the big	41
on one side	41
we stayed on	41
he would be	41
to tell me	41
i reckon i	41
that he had	41
all de slaves	41
said they was	41
and then i	41
he is a	41
came to the	41
was big enough	41
i think the	41
he told me	41
it was just	40
i was little	40
that i was	40
i had one	40
me in the	40
the slaves to	40
down the road	40
i was borned	40
years after the	40
would come to	40
he never did	40
freedom was declared	40
war broke out	40
his wife and	40
mother was born	40
i stayed with	40
project of the	40
she used to	40
to go and	40
his mother was	40
yankees come through	40
i learned to	40
you could hear	40
i wish i	40
the master and	40
if i had	40
i ever seed	40
to keep them	40
and the white	40
come back and	39
i worked in	39
we had no	39
that the slaves	39
but they never	39
and then he	39
men and women	39
to see what	39
not able to	39
it is a	39
and john n	39
that had been	39
until i was	39
to see if	39
to de big	39
i think they	39
and she said	39
from bottom of	39
on a farm	39
to a man	39
as i was	39
and went on	39
the first time	39
i stayed in	39
in order to	39
at the house	39
for the slaves	39
after the civil	39
it to me	39
information moved from	39
front of the	39
moved from bottom	39
dollars a month	38
peace was declared	38
was to be	38
time i was	38
where they were	38
to go in	38
to me and	38
when i wus	38
when i went	38
i been married	38
i stayed there	38
the side of	38
know how many	38
they was good	38
all i know	38
and i know	38
this information given	38
big house and	38
on de block	38
would have a	38
had done been	38
but she was	38
out on the	38
never did know	38
by the federal	38
a house girl	38
the home of	38
all sorts of	38
i wus borned	38
to de white	38
and told them	38
my parents was	38
all de niggers	38
her mother was	38
the slaves would	38
i was scared	37
the corner of	37
they were all	37
he came to	37
never had a	37
father was named	37
rest of de	37
but we had	37
on his plantation	37
the fact that	37
my father died	37
old age pension	37
and she would	37
out to the	37
the war started	37
never heard of	37
long as he	37
have to go	37
and a half	37
they were not	37
know what they	37
told them they	37
the yankee soldiers	37
and lots of	37
about the war	37
and all of	37
was too young	37
dey wanted to	37
he belonged to	37
then they would	37
the young people	37
white folks church	37
never seed no	37
went down to	37
was a man	37
at the same	37
and when she	37
i never got	37
he said that	37
we stayed there	37
after i was	37
she told me	36
right in the	36
got big enough	36
out of it	36
have been a	36
the place and	36
ought to be	36
lived on a	36
run off and	36
the way they	36
dat was de	36
the old master	36
i told you	36
so good to	36
brothers and sisters	36
was a mighty	36
of the colored	36
do you know	36
as he could	36
and my sister	36
was a house	36
time of the	36
of them was	36
of the young	36
the plantation of	36
he would say	36
it was not	36
ten years old	36
administration for the	36
was all right	36
three years old	36
in the army	36
down on the	36
prepared by the	36
can tell you	36
if i could	36
seven years old	36
the white children	36
things to eat	35
i been in	35
was a small	35
when they had	35
old when the	35
how freedom came	35
when she got	35
was gwine to	35
for him to	35
that he could	35
were required to	35
to stay on	35
i never was	35
in the south	35
on the same	35
the names of	35
side of de	35
since i was	35
he and his	35
of the ku	35
long as i	35
the next morning	35
my husband was	35
wanted me to	35
i know they	35
was in de	35
all over the	35
and i went	35
let me tell	35
put it in	35
his father was	35
when i first	35
in slave time	35
my master was	35
all i can	35
work to do	35
de ku klux	35
during the civil	35
be able to	35
white and colored	35
since i been	35
he would go	35
used to sing	35
took me to	35
four years old	35
and told me	35
while i was	35
i doan know	35
and she had	35
and i am	34
and the slaves	34
a sign of	34
know how old	34
in spite of	34
to my mother	34
the back of	34
name of the	34
when he went	34
just a little	34
go to bed	34
good ter us	34
of the children	34
that was my	34
him to the	34
to be in	34
to work and	34
away from her	34
know much about	34
let me go	34
of de time	34
i wuz borned	34
he had two	34
if it was	34
i wus born	34
he was going	34
to the plantation	34
to go out	34
it was so	34
told him that	34
in the year	34
that he would	34
a big time	34
i would have	34
as i can	34
used to tell	34
they was all	34
my father had	34
if he had	34
when my mother	34
i am a	33
i have a	33
he was not	33
that she had	33
one of her	33
on this plantation	33
as i am	33
i could get	33
the state of	33
some kind of	33
in addition to	33
mother belonged to	33
want you to	33
but they were	33
worked at the	33
she wanted to	33
read or write	33
dere wus a	33
them in the	33
me tell you	33
and come to	33
it was on	33
back to de	33
my mother wus	33
he lived in	33
i wuz born	33
born on the	33
that is all	33
plenty of good	33
was plenty of	33
that they would	33
i was here	33
and his family	33
he would give	33
i have to	33
the same time	33
any kind of	33
as viewed by	33
to the woods	33
do not know	33
far as i	33
cotton and corn	33
me to go	33
known as the	33
have a big	33
in de back	33
to do with	33
she was about	33
i stayed on	32
me when i	32
never did get	32
when the slaves	32
mother told me	32
she never did	32
ever since i	32
address of person	32
i can see	32
in the quarters	32
of the plantation	32
to pine bluff	32
there in the	32
she belonged to	32
in pine bluff	32
my mother say	32
the time i	32
and make a	32
us had to	32
old when i	32
the middle of	32
seemed to be	32
was glad to	32
pair of shoes	32
was a fine	32
a slave on	32
was given a	32
to go on	32
went off to	32
of their own	32
my father wus	32
she said they	32
they would take	32
told us we	32
was in a	32
out of a	32
was the cook	32
good to her	32
they could get	32
is a sign	31
of my life	31
they would go	31
i never knowed	31
i was years	31
give us a	31
my father said	31
but he never	31
there was one	31
subjects name of	31
in de kitchen	31
to git a	31
went on to	31
of the church	31
was born and	31
my mother told	31
of them had	31
one time when	31
did not want	31
one of these	31
like they do	31
he come to	31
told him he	31
the only one	31
and a little	31
slaves lived in	31
seven or eight	31
the other side	31
was given to	31
would be a	31
in the old	31
as free as	31
remember when the	31
was sent to	31
have to work	31
a year and	31
here ever since	31
and put it	31
give you a	31
sold away from	31
about years old	31
i would go	31
folklore subjects name	31
had to git	31
and dat was	31
folks used to	31
i got my	31
of de niggers	31
father wus named	31
they got to	31
on the old	31
many of them	31
they would get	31
when the civil	31
there is a	31
he told her	31
the father of	31
not far from	31
the young generation	31
we moved to	31
man and wife	31
the top of	31
she was free	31
married when i	31
to live with	31
was a large	31
wuk in de	31
to come in	31
on de floor	30
that they had	30
down de road	30
the war i	30
never saw a	30
i had two	30
if they had	30
dey used to	30
says that he	30
father belonged to	30
all day long	30
when freedom came	30
went in the	30
in a few	30
to see my	30
the younger generation	30
a big plantation	30
scared to death	30
close to the	30
used to say	30
slaves had to	30
master was a	30
they called it	30
that is where	30
now and then	30
of the year	30
all the children	30
work on the	30
you wanted to	30
the yankees came	30
i have lived	30
just like they	30
to him and	30
a bunch of	30
because he was	30
the slaves and	30
when dey was	30
i have had	30
to work on	30
a day in	30
all night long	30
i can tell	30
tell you what	30
i never will	30
he has been	30
when he come	30
her mother and	30
i was twenty	30
her in the	30
his master was	30
i came here	30
long time after	30
a little money	30
how to read	30
so that they	30
back in the	30
had a white	30
they had been	30
was the oldest	30
if they were	30
before i was	30
some of his	30
had to stay	30
a few of	30
so i could	30
us went to	30
and her husband	30
of his own	29
the house to	29
the beginning of	29
to the old	29
and told her	29
black and white	29
it was about	29
one day he	29
of the negro	29
never seen a	29
of them are	29
by a white	29
back to see	29
me a little	29
know what it	29
at the big	29
there would be	29
too little to	29
i member when	29
in the family	29
was put on	29
put on the	29
the yankees and	29
of the men	29
and dere was	29
to talk to	29
in the summer	29
mother was the	29
that was all	29
when we was	29
for them to	29
story an interview	29
could not be	29
all his slaves	29
come here to	29
was free and	29
bottom of first	29
atter de surrender	29
but when i	29
and if they	29
and wanted to	29
had four children	29
was when i	29
the ground and	29
i was big	29
i got married	29
she did not	29
when asked if	29
you know i	29
him and his	29
in a hurry	29
i wus a	29
and he never	29
in a log	29
under the house	29
told me i	29
him if he	29
across the river	29
a man who	29
into the house	29
enough to eat	29
and then the	29
as i could	29
had a great	29
of first page	29
been able to	29
a great deal	29
who was a	29
they had the	29
stayed right on	29
the son of	29
in the ground	29
marster had a	29
could read and	28
and that is	28
my mother to	28
fifteen years old	28
and i got	28
the yard and	28
and tried to	28
of his life	28
an old man	28
to be good	28
me i was	28
made on the	28
come to de	28
it looked like	28
after i got	28
never had to	28
so that the	28
up on a	28
any of them	28
both of them	28
plantation life as	28
come out of	28
times is hard	28
had been a	28
members of the	28
he got a	28
i had three	28
in the middle	28
me how to	28
most of them	28
in the united	28
what sort of	28
that they could	28
father was born	28
as they could	28
my ma and	28
when a slave	28
lived in log	28
he went on	28
came to arkansas	28
sign of death	28
a little while	28
was out in	28
i could do	28
a pass from	28
i could see	28
and his mother	28
they tried to	28
i was grown	28
know i was	28
and give it	28
he had done	28
i worked at	28
to look after	28
his slaves to	28
a good while	28
said she had	28
up at de	28
they were given	28
i would be	28
i had been	28
but my mother	28
the reason i	28
the negroes were	28
a free man	28
top of the	28
with him and	28
was a pretty	28
we lived on	28
stayed there till	28
she had two	28
i think it	28
of the people	28
he was one	28
let us go	28
husband was a	27
was married to	27
out on de	27
in a wagon	27
life as viewed	27
never had any	27
i got up	27
man by the	27
ku klux was	27
farmed all my	27
to do no	27
ma was a	27
run away and	27
her father was	27
on a big	27
to keep de	27
a little bit	27
belonged to marse	27
they come to	27
heard her say	27
the slave quarters	27
the last time	27
he told them	27
her and she	27
you have to	27
mighty good to	27
eat and wear	27
stayed on wid	27
to make it	27
to be done	27
he was my	27
said he would	27
de name of	27
to do anything	27
was a cook	27
him in the	27
to come on	27
it was to	27
was here in	27
to see that	27
and the old	27
was scared to	27
want me to	27
was set free	27
she is a	27
of the big	27
no date stamp	27
they would whip	27
go to war	27
i ever had	27
him when he	27
i got big	27
run away from	27
want to be	27
slave story an	27
the old negro	27
to the same	27
if i was	27
on the railroad	27
for him and	27
of de war	27
when they would	27
till i got	27
free as i	27
used to work	27
soon as i	27
white folks would	27
school a day	27
a pretty good	27
i done forgot	27
at the close	27
money to buy	27
and if you	27
was made of	27
mother wus named	27
a white woman	27
who had been	27
according to the	27
us had a	27
of one of	27
i had done	27
things like that	27
i heard them	26
a slave was	26
to cook for	26
they said he	26
only a few	26
went into the	26
the use of	26
they was a	26
a whole heap	26
and plenty of	26
my husband died	26
three years ago	26
he owned a	26
i remember that	26
the field to	26
some of em	26
all of his	26
of de white	26
in hot springs	26
go in the	26
for a few	26
had a heap	26
could hear the	26
he does not	26
hundred years old	26
till he died	26
she was good	26
it was too	26
the block and	26
but i did	26
i got the	26
back to her	26
he would come	26
he made a	26
her husband was	26
belonged to mr	26
to take it	26
dey had done	26
came back to	26
i know he	26
and the children	26
he went back	26
born close to	26
got to the	26
from the house	26
and so on	26
i seen the	26
a right smart	26
then he would	26
used to vote	26
i ever heard	26
from the welfare	26
with the other	26
to see us	26
was done in	26
one time i	26
was a girl	26
has been dead	26
learn to read	26
a couple of	26
thought it was	26
know nothing about	26
a hole in	26
when freedom was	26
sent to the	26
a log house	26
i got so	26
had three children	26
it is now	26
they give me	26
sold to a	26
to learn to	26
she was married	26
down at the	26
the man who	26
day in my	26
a hundred years	26
used to hear	26
the first thing	26
with my mother	26
for all de	26
all went to	26
the life of	25
to de war	25
would give him	25
a mighty good	25
a place to	25
my grandmother was	25
was a soldier	25
de way dey	25
used to take	25
on de farm	25
date stamp jun	25
i told her	25
he died in	25
was known as	25
looked like a	25
his mother and	25
before she married	25
the slaves was	25
to one of	25
the road and	25
athens edited by	25
beginning of the	25
he would not	25
he said they	25
ten or twelve	25
and a good	25
sent me to	25
the death of	25
we had our	25
she told him	25
i heard her	25
told her to	25
stayed on the	25
you wants to	25
got up and	25
they had plenty	25
person of color	25
he could not	25
born on a	25
i was able	25
he would get	25
they took the	25
born in mississippi	25
from the north	25
to pay for	25
but most of	25
name of worker	25
in slave times	25
to git up	25
over to the	25
up wid de	25
to see you	25
years old then	25
i believe in	25
me to come	25
me if i	25
could go to	25
been so long	25
been married twice	25
mother used to	25
had on a	25
boys and girls	25
a man in	25
off to the	25
to come and	25
the old lady	25
ready to go	25
i come back	25
about the same	25
put in a	25
they said it	25
about a year	25
he ran away	25
i am the	25
put me in	25
i farmed all	25
to see how	25
his old master	25
put you in	25
raised on the	25
when she married	25
said that he	25
was made to	25
and a few	25
to take the	25
before the civil	24
year of the	24
went back and	24
go out and	24
him no more	24
of the first	24
and us had	24
them in a	24
and come back	24
was born close	24
think it was	24
but they had	24
his young master	24
a kind of	24
we would have	24
hired out to	24
was scared of	24
after he had	24
was a colored	24
i started to	24
have to pay	24
a sort of	24
a small boy	24
just after the	24
read the bible	24
slaves went to	24
in a long	24
the union army	24
whole lot of	24
arkansas name of	24
old i was	24
the daughter of	24
dey does now	24
i went ter	24
i lived in	24
that was what	24
had a large	24
the next year	24
the way i	24
i know the	24
on the way	24
do not remember	24
i come on	24
they ought to	24
care of me	24
mother said she	24
all the way	24
but he had	24
up on de	24
number of slaves	24
to keep from	24
the master was	24
of all the	24
the rear of	24
was old enough	24
there on the	24
to school in	24
to keep it	24
would take a	24
went to bed	24
address of informant	24
as a child	24
when i left	24
is one of	24
it had been	24
to git married	24
when dey come	24
to town and	24
i was not	24
put him in	24
if they would	24
here to arkansas	24
i think i	24
if a slave	24
i got one	24
they called the	24
old master had	24
to get out	24
in de same	24
to do the	24
wanted to be	24
in the white	24
you see i	24
they had no	24
slaves on de	24
what they wanted	24
out at night	24
i saw a	24
my old mistress	24
just the same	24
in the cotton	24
kind of work	24
i am not	24
of them would	24
in the civil	24
told us to	24
said they had	24
and he went	24
it wuz a	24
was too little	24
or six years	24
a slave of	24
the confederate army	24
in the north	24
her white folks	24
de war wuz	24
it to him	24
come in the	24
you know how	24
she came to	24
he tried to	24
if you want	24
i remember one	24
give me to	24
on the back	23
she and her	23
was the mother	23
the river and	23
like they was	23
she would have	23
never was sold	23
and all de	23
from north carolina	23
i am years	23
they put the	23
on the front	23
me to do	23
i lived with	23
the old people	23
and dey had	23
they was in	23
was raised on	23
go down to	23
was on a	23
was made by	23
mama was a	23
was killed in	23
there was an	23
was sold from	23
his slaves and	23
just like a	23
it in a	23
off to de	23
out of her	23
in one of	23
till she died	23
of the way	23
to go with	23
was twelve years	23
we all went	23
was sold in	23
was hard to	23
my pa was	23
were going to	23
was in slavery	23
come out and	23
and i been	23
any of his	23
wuz good ter	23
the master had	23
was so good	23
working in the	23
it was done	23
bales of cotton	23
them to the	23
would run away	23
marster and missus	23
i had no	23
white man and	23
for de white	23
white folks in	23
to get away	23
me in de	23
be years old	23
help from the	23
the slave was	23
he give us	23
had a son	23
they would put	23
were in the	23
going to be	23
a large plantation	23
all of de	23
milk and butter	23
if they did	23
but i got	23
very kind to	23
in the spring	23
old when she	23
have to be	23
to stay with	23
or three years	23
put them in	23
know anything about	23
six or seven	23
dey was a	23
used to run	23
when he came	23
two years after	23
he says that	23
once a week	23
come to me	23
come on the	23
two years old	23
to be whipped	23
about the ku	23
make a living	23
to texas and	23
in the evening	23
my mother belonged	23
took all the	23
under the bed	23
wus good ter	23
have a good	23
mother died when	23
wish i could	23
one day a	23
slept in the	23
enough to work	23
have to do	23
for a while	23
the great house	23
and my husband	23
but i had	23
he has a	23
is all right	23
she died in	23
of land and	23
know how they	23
my sister and	23
wid de white	23
of the yankees	23
no place to	23
a pass to	23
i growed up	23
a family of	23
he was given	23
belonged to a	23
enough to go	23
to get up	23
a group of	23
by the slaves	23
and a white	23
good old days	23
dere was allus	23
then went to	23
had two children	23
i think he	23
never come back	23
get a little	23
to her and	23
got a good	23
while she was	22
born in north	22
them on the	22
was good and	22
all over de	22
did you ever	22
wuz good to	22
my daddy was	22
story story teller	22
her and her	22
and corn bread	22
in de war	22
and that he	22
when they came	22
north little rock	22
at dat time	22
used to live	22
the property of	22
as i is	22
enough to do	22
of the state	22
a day and	22
to arkansas in	22
supposed to be	22
after that i	22
to the door	22
to wuk for	22
master and his	22
school a little	22
one day when	22
the white men	22
of the surrender	22
back in de	22
until he was	22
give us plenty	22
but when he	22
a large number	22
to school but	22
of the w	22
worked for the	22
after she was	22
his master and	22
wanted to stay	22
get out of	22
you could see	22
me out to	22
is years old	22
come to town	22
go to work	22
the war broke	22
as i know	22
and i stayed	22
a big farm	22
she wuz a	22
and father were	22
to the fields	22
free person of	22
on the river	22
if they could	22
let us have	22
of the same	22
had a plenty	22
who lived in	22
my mammy and	22
him to go	22
and a lot	22
slavery in the	22
the floor and	22
got out of	22
she has been	22
i get a	22
one end of	22
and have a	22
if you had	22
he went off	22
were good to	22
in the rear	22
president of the	22
children in the	22
they would make	22
tell you all	22
to a tree	22
to the spring	22
was used to	22
right on the	22
i was on	22
of her life	22
of slavery in	22
the field hands	22
i heard em	22
was a blacksmith	22
and one of	22
she would go	22
was a free	22
to do a	22
dat de yankees	22
and den dey	22
one of our	22
from the war	22
place to go	22
back to my	22
tried to get	22
he told him	22
that is what	22
to pick up	22
the first year	22
dey went to	22
you what i	22
is all i	22
i saw the	22
the hands of	22
was never sold	22
the fields and	22
to go down	22
the slaves lived	22
born in arkansas	22
until they were	22
on dat plantation	22
was ready to	22
but my father	22
and her mother	22
i was out	22
i can get	22
she was in	22
as it was	22
it had a	22
was sold away	22
and a big	22
a short time	22
i do remember	22
much of the	22
i married in	22
have been married	22
freedom come on	22
was brought to	22
few years ago	22
if you wanted	22
go to see	22
i never could	22
and made a	22
the place where	22
if he was	22
up at the	22
a part of	22
to take a	22
the back yard	21
this was a	21
nine years old	21
come out here	21
lots of times	21
for me and	21
but i do	21
years old i	21
was a preacher	21
time when i	21
said that the	21
in de middle	21
and there were	21
i wuz bawn	21
owned a large	21
in the city	21
was required to	21
slaves were not	21
to take her	21
was given the	21
during the time	21
i have no	21
we were free	21
to come up	21
of the master	21
you better not	21
know how long	21
he would take	21
been in the	21
was so mean	21
de house and	21
for a year	21
in the room	21
to do and	21
was about the	21
to a place	21
her master was	21
long time atter	21
old i is	21
out of his	21
de war ended	21
heard em say	21
so they could	21
i stayed wid	21
got too old	21
and they said	21
from south carolina	21
to give us	21
and he told	21
dey is now	21
i know that	21
i know one	21
to the quarters	21
a few minutes	21
want to know	21
used in the	21
she would say	21
they took all	21
go to sleep	21
the front door	21
good to them	21
of a slave	21
went to town	21
they come in	21
to get it	21
to be the	21
and two girls	21
get up and	21
was supposed to	21
dar in de	21
would give us	21
district marion county	21
ku klux come	21
man in the	21
from the plantation	21
be in the	21
the yankees were	21
and put them	21
to take me	21
was not a	21
in the county	21
a mile from	21
to try to	21
they would come	21
while he was	21
a horse and	21
the slaves who	21
on the side	21
a good master	21
middle of the	21
i tried to	21
was told to	21
i was small	21
wash and iron	21
the house with	21
come to my	21
more than a	21
how to do	21
and went back	21
i got back	21
stay in the	21
years ago and	21
the master would	21
for many years	21
the quarters and	21
them and they	21
much about the	21
north carolina and	21
had to wuk	21
i want you	21
nearly to death	21
of the best	21
to see his	21
go up to	21
there was always	21
there were two	21
us we was	21
in the front	21
or free person	21
was the last	21
who had a	21
he said to	21
tell you the	21
was at the	21
dey was all	21
after he was	21
we got to	21
i waited on	21
no money to	21
date of birth	21
i was at	21
him in de	21
had to come	21
i had four	21
to have been	21
said he had	21
before he died	21
us to texas	21
i was twelve	21
me to the	21
care of her	21
my mammy was	21
he give me	21
was hired out	21
a tree and	21
were set free	21
the same way	21
was my father	21
the north and	21
and put in	21
we was all	21
would come in	20
know what the	20
and my wife	20
for her to	20
was the one	20
lives with her	20
works progress administration	20
they tell me	20
very good to	20
the same place	20
and den he	20
do no good	20
a crowd of	20
my folks was	20
born in georgia	20
for all the	20
georgia edited by	20
on the corner	20
he had the	20
in de ashes	20
and did not	20
i wants to	20
and most of	20
wuz a big	20
was raised in	20
white folks were	20
to feed the	20
i voted for	20
and worked for	20
the baptist church	20
text of interview	20
right after freedom	20
i married and	20
put on a	20
to do so	20
born in virginia	20
what he had	20
they got a	20
and got a	20
i was only	20
hard to get	20
let me see	20
had a fine	20
he said it	20
she could not	20
wuz in de	20
was lots of	20
have heard my	20
run away to	20
when we were	20
was so scared	20
of the soldiers	20
they said i	20
district of columbia	20
of the negroes	20
come back here	20
war come on	20
a man by	20
there was plenty	20
large number of	20
blue back speller	20
one thing i	20
come and got	20
told them that	20
in the neighborhood	20
was used for	20
said to me	20
where she was	20
while they were	20
they never bothered	20
and after the	20
long as they	20
knowed how to	20
so i went	20
in it and	20
or five years	20
and other things	20
got back to	20
come back home	20
got a chance	20
had the same	20
red oak bark	20
an old woman	20
ter go ter	20
because of the	20
to keep up	20
right dar on	20
to let me	20
so many of	20
it was hard	20
out of that	20
had a chance	20
four years ago	20
it was made	20
has been a	20
come to this	20
man and he	20
all the other	20
he lived on	20
that was when	20
bought my mother	20
to give me	20
washing and ironing	20
been a long	20
had to keep	20
of the women	20
never got a	20
in the fire	20
dat i wuz	20
am years old	20
he told us	20
a drink of	20
up to be	20
i knows dat	20
fourth of july	20
to a white	20
come down to	20
trying to get	20
stayed on with	20
us used to	20
in the way	20
a big dinner	20
and i worked	20
when the soldiers	20
ran away and	20
a plantation in	20
he got to	20
i was one	20
to church and	20
all of my	20
wanted to know	20
lak dey does	20
was sold and	20
you know they	20
for white folks	20
the bed and	20
had all the	20
was a farmer	20
was a heap	20
of any kind	20
a big supper	20
on the table	20
in his life	20
i can read	20
you are free	20
slave story story	20
he come home	20
to the colored	20
back in dem	20
a many a	20
you know what	20
they came to	20
he was too	20
was the best	20
killed in the	20
to go home	20
to stay in	20
gave it to	20
heard of the	20
soon as he	20
on the road	20
said that they	20
of her own	20
on one of	20
long time and	20
i made a	20
i went down	20
to his house	20
to work at	20
you got to	20
two boys and	20
know where they	20
we had two	20
my first husband	20
for more than	20
how many slaves	20
with the yankees	20
but they was	20
ran away from	19
to know how	19
block and sold	19
dat i is	19
it is the	19
away from him	19
and when dey	19
she would be	19
what is now	19
i know about	19
father went to	19
day and night	19
she took me	19
on another plantation	19
marion county anna	19
after they were	19
get a pass	19
the house where	19
had a long	19
i had ter	19
they come from	19
was a full	19
was made from	19
a house on	19
and the yankees	19
as she was	19
a long ways	19
so much of	19
a log cabin	19
living in the	19
part of it	19
but none of	19
i went on	19
i could not	19
the auction block	19
during slavery time	19
i was with	19
was taken to	19
what he said	19
one day and	19
good white folks	19
the present generation	19
place to place	19
i can recollect	19
it on the	19
her when she	19
was a widow	19
we never had	19
lived on de	19
in a row	19
my young mistress	19
so he could	19
the war come	19
sitting on the	19
are all dead	19
on other plantations	19
in the bed	19
rear of the	19
had a baby	19
the other children	19
a cook and	19
and things like	19
most of his	19
he had no	19
going to the	19
had seven children	19
when asked about	19
to de woods	19
but she never	19
the year of	19
they could go	19
we wanted to	19
the works progress	19
told them to	19
my mammy wuz	19
but i heard	19
my wife died	19
was about years	19
to say that	19
to de field	19
den dey would	19
been here a	19
of the little	19
we come on	19
that he has	19
among the slaves	19
a young woman	19
the slaves in	19
thing i remember	19
some of my	19
of the county	19
got so i	19
did have a	19
of the boys	19
the slaves that	19
old i am	19
was full of	19
was named for	19
my father belonged	19
of the works	19
they were in	19
the overseer was	19
since i come	19
it has been	19
me not to	19
they had two	19
had to eat	19
for the state	19
he had one	19
a white preacher	19
de grown folks	19
house and told	19
in a large	19
he could do	19
to keep him	19
him on the	19
with former slaves	19
but that is	19
she said that	19
and we would	19
before she died	19
time in the	19
pa and ma	19
to do was	19
a rich man	19
been in arkansas	19
father died in	19
dar on de	19
the slave owners	19
do no work	19
to all the	19
the yankees was	19
would get a	19
come home and	19
at the beginning	19
that all the	19
he took a	19
tell you about	19
on it and	19
take keer of	19
and the young	19
a short distance	19
is good for	19
to know what	19
as many as	19
they took me	19
there till i	19
is a good	19
my mother used	19
and was a	19
cared for by	19
us had plenty	19
yankees came through	19
to do that	19
for the old	19
by the white	19
in the community	19
our house and	19
by the master	19
he was an	19
they said the	19
the district of	19
of the day	19
of my own	19
we belonged to	19
the way to	19
other side of	19
to his niggers	19
our white folkses	19
put on de	19
had to pay	19
grandfather on my	19
he was de	19
time he was	19
i never been	19
from interviews with	19
all de way	19
were made from	19
mother had a	19
does not know	19
a large family	19
slaves who were	19
miles north of	19
and dey was	19
i was old	19
papa was a	19
from place to	19
had two boys	19
allowed to go	19
in the time	19
slave on the	19
a bit of	19
would give you	19
in the state	19
county anna pritchett	19
it was necessary	19
in union county	19
a big family	19
told her she	19
the owner of	19
took the name	19
was born right	19
slave or free	19
years ago i	19
them that they	19
den he would	18
as he lived	18
over and over	18
him in a	18
once or twice	18
to help him	18
and i said	18