COMBINED INTERVIEWS
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT
Jacksonville, Florida
June 30, 1938
DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA EX-SLAVE STORIES
CHARLEY ROBERTS:
Charley Roberts of Perrine, Florida, was born on the Hogg plantation near Allendale, S.C.
"Yes, sah, I' members de vary day when we first heard that we was free. I was mindin' the little calf, keepin' it away from the cow while my mother was milkin'.
"We have to milk the cows and carry the milk to the Confederate soldiers quartered near us.
"At that time, I can 'member of the soldiers comin' 'cross the Savannah River. They would go to the plantations and take all the cows, hogs, sheep, or horses they wanted and "stack" their guns and stay around some places and kill some of the stock, or use the milk and eat corn and all the food they wanted as they needed it. They'd take quilts and just anything they needed.