When de wah was ovah, Marse William he say: "Did yo'all know yo'all's free, Yo' free now." I chuckle, 'membahin' whut ole woman tell us 'bout freedom, an' no larnin. Lotta men want me t' go t' foreign land, but I tell 'em I go live wif mah pappy, long as he live. I stay wif de white folks 'bout twelve months, den I stay wif mah pappy, long as he live.
I had two brothahs, dey went t' Califonny, nebbah seed 'em no mo', no' mah sistah, nuther. I cain't 'membah sech a lot 'bout it all. I jes' knows I'se bo'n and bred heah in dese pa'ts, nebbah been outten it. I'se well; nebbah take no doctah med'cine. Jes' ben sick once; dat aftah freedom.
[7] (One of the most spectacular meteoric showers on record, visible all over North America, occurred in 1833.)
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| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | T. Pat Matthews |
| No. Words: | 734 |
| Subject: | THOMAS HALL |
| Person Interviewed: | Thomas Hall |
| Editor: | G. L. Andrews |
| Date Stamp: | "SEP 10 1937" |