| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 547 |
| Subject: | AUNT BARBARA'S LOVE STORY |
| Story Teller: | Barbara Haywood |
| Editor: | Geo. L. Andrews |
| Date Stamp: | "AUG 4 1937" |
AUNT BARBARA'S LOVE STORY
An interview with Barbara Haywood, 85 years old.
Address 1111 Mark Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Anything dat I tells you will near 'bout all be 'bout Frank Haywood, my husban'.
I wus borned on de John Walton place seben miles southeast of Raleigh. My father, Handy Sturdivant, belonged to somebody in Johnston County but mother an' her chilluns 'longed ter Marse John Walton.
Marse John had a corn shuckin' onct an' at dat corn shuckin' I fust saw Frank. I wus a little girl, cryin' an' bawlin' an' Frank, who wus a big boy said dat he neber wanted ter spank a youngin' so bad, an' I ain't liked him no better dan he did me.
He 'longed ter Mr. Yarborough, what runned de hotel in Raleigh, but he wus boun' out ter anybody what'ud hire him, an' I doan know whar he got his name.
I seed Frank a few times at de Holland's Methodist Church whar we went ter church wid our white folks.
You axes iffen our white folks wus good ter us, an' I sez ter yo' dat none of de white folks wus good ter none of de niggers. We done our weavin' at night an' we wurked hard. We had enough ter eat but we was whupped some.