She said dat dar wuz ghostes an' some witches back den, but I doan know nothin' 'bout dem things.

Naw. I can't tell yo' my age but I will tell yo' dat eber'body what lives in dis block am either my chile or gran'chile. I can't tell yo' prexackly how many dar is o' 'em, but I will tell you dat my younges' chile's baby am fourteen years old, an' dat she's got fourteen youngin's , one a year jist lak I had till I had sixteen.

I'se belonged ter de church since I wuz a baby an' I tells dem eber'day dat dey shore will miss me when I'se gone.


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N.C. District:No. 2
Worker:Mary Hicks
No. Words:462
Subject:PLANTATION LIFE IN GEORGIA
Reference:Midge Burnett
Editor:George L. Andrews
Date Stamp:"AUG 6 1937"

PLANTATION LIFE IN GEORGIA