We ain't liked Abraham Lincoln, case he wuz a fool ter think dat we could live widout de white folkses, an' Jeff Davis wuz tryin' ter keep us, case he wuz greedy an' he wanted ter be de boss dog in politics.


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N.C. District:No. 32
Worker:Daisy Whaley
Subject:Ex-slave Story.
Interviewed:Doc Edwards
Ex-slave. 84 Yrs
Staggville, N.C.
Date Stamp:"AUG 6 1937"

HW: Capital A—circled

DOC EDWARDS

EX-SLAVE, 84 Yrs.