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N.C. District:No. 2
Worker:Mary A. Hicks
No. Words:433
Subject:MANDY COVERSON
Story Teller:Mandy Coverson
Editor:Daisy Bailey Waitt
Date Stamp:"JUN 7 1937"

MANDY COVERSON

Ex-Slave Story
An interview with Mandy Coverson, 78, of 103 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh.

I wuz borned in Union County to Sarah an' Henderson Tomberlin. My mother belonged to Mr. Moses Coverson, an' my pappy belonged to Mr. Jackie Tom Tomberlin. I stayed wid my mammy, of course, an' Marster Moses wuz good ter me. Dey warn't so good ter my mammy, case dey makes her wuck frum sunup till sundown in de hot summertime, an' she ain't had no fun at all. She plowed two oxes, an' if'en yo' has eber been around a steer yo' knows what aggravatin' things dey is.