Ter show yo' de value of slaves I'll tell yo' 'bout my gran'ma. She wuz sold on de block four times, an' eber time she brung a thousand dollars. She wuz valuable case she wuz strong an' could plow day by day, den too she could have twenty chilluns an' wuck right on.
De Yankees come through our country an' dey makes de slaves draw water fer de horses all night. Course dey stold eber'thing dey got dere han's on but dat wuz what ole Abraham Lincoln tol' dem ter do.
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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 570 |
| Subject: | A SLAVE STORY |
| Story Teller: | Georginna Foster |
| Editor: | George L. Andrews |
| Date Stamp: | "AUG 23 1937" |