| Transcriber's Note: |
| I. Inconsistent punctuation has been silently corrected throughout the book. |
| II. Clear spelling mistakes have been corrected however, inconsistent languague usage (such as 'day' and 'dey') has been maintained. A list of corrections is included at the [end of the book]. |
| III. The numbers at the start of each chapter were stamped into the original scan and refer to the number of the published interview in the context of the entire Slave Narratives project. |
| IV. Two handwritten notes have been retained and are annotated as such. |