"What time did you all get up in the morning?"
"A big bell hanging in the center of all the cabins rang at 4 A.M. and then most of the grown folks worked from dawn till eleven at night. We never had no Saturdays off like they do now. Nor no Sundays off neither."
"What kind of house did the Master live in?"
"The Marster he have a very fine home. About ten rooms, built of common brick. It ware a very purtty house; great big like."
"What did you do, Charlie, after work at night?"
"Mostly, go to bed. We kids did early. But I wake up lots of times and hear my Ma and Pappy praying for freedom. They do that many times. I hear it said that Abraham Lincoln hears some slaves praying at a sneaked meetin' one time, askin' the Good Lord for freedom. And it is believed that Abraham Lincoln told them, that if he were President he would free them."
"Did you ever play any games or dance any?"
"No! No games, no play, only work. We had to be mighty careful we didn't use a pencil or any paper or read out where the Marster could see us. He would sure lick us fer that."
"What do you think of Abraham Lincoln?"
"I think he ware the greatest man in the world."