"You don't know whutchu're doin'." Silence all around. To me, "You're upsettin' my work."
I arose. "Madam, I'm sorry."
The old man spoke, "You ain't keepin' me from nothin'."
"Well, I said, you've given me a nice start; I'll come again and get the rest."
Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson
Person interviewed: Henry Nelson, Edmondson, Arkansas
Age: 70
[TR: Appears to be same as last informant despite different address.]
"My mother belong to the Taylors close to Carterville, Tennessee. My father never was sold. He belong to the Nelsons. My parents married toreckly after the surrender and come on to this state. I was born ten miles from Edmondson. Their names was Adeline and Green Nelson. They didn't get nothing after freedom like land or a horse. I'm seventy years old and I would have known.
"I was at Alton, Illinois in the lead works thirteen years ago and I had a stroke. I been cripple ever since.