Freedom is all right, but de niggers was better off befo' surrender, kaze den dey was looked after an' dey didn' get in no trouble fightin' an' killin' like dey do dese days. If a nigger cut up an' got sassy in slavery times, his Ole Marse give him a good whippin' an' he went way back an' set down an' 'haved hese'f. If he was sick, Marse an' Mistis looked after him, an' if he needed store medicine, it was bought an' give to him; he didn' have to pay nothin'. Dey didn' even have to think' bout clothes nor nothin' like dat, dey was wove an' made an' give to dem. Maybe everybody's Marse an' Mistis wuzn' good as Marse George an' Mis' Betsy, but dey was de same as a mammy an' pappy to us niggers.
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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 466 |
| Subject: | EX-SLAVE STORY |
| Story Teller: | George Eatman |
| Editor: | Daisy Bailey Waitt |
| Date Stamp: | "JUN 1 1937" |
