| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 386 |
| Subject: | JOHN DANIELS |
| Story Teller: | John Daniels |
| Editor: | Daisy Bailey Waitt |
JOHN DANIELS
Ex-Slave Story
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I'se named fer my pappy's ole massa down in Spartanburg, South Carolina, course I doan know nothin' 'bout no war, case I warn't borned. I does 'member seein' de ole 'big house' do', maybe you want me ter tell you how hit looked?
It wuz a big white two-story house at de end uv a magnolia lane an' a-settin' in a big level fiel'. Back o' de big house wuz de ole slave cabins whar my folks uster live.
Dey said dat de massa wuz good ter 'em, but dat sometimes in de mo'nin' dey jist has lasses an' co'nbread fer breakfas'.
I started ter tell you 'bout de Joe Moe do'.
You mebbe doan know hit, but de prisoners hyar doan git de blues so bad if de company comes on visitin' days, an' de mail comes reg'lar. We's always gittin' up somepin' ter have a little fun, so somebody gits up de Joe Moe.