| N.C. District: | No. 2 |
| Worker: | Mary A. Hicks |
| No. Words: | 607 |
| Subject: | TINEY SHAW, EX-SLAVE OF WAKE COUNTY, 76. |
| Story Teller: | Tiney Shaw |
| Editor: | Daisy Bailey Waitt |
TINEY SHAW
Ex-Slave of Wake County, 76.
"My papa wuz a free nigger, case he wuz de son of de master who wuz named Medlin. When a chile wuz borned ter a slave woman an' its pappy wuz de boss dat nigger wuz free from birth. I know dat de family wuz livin' on Mis' Susy Page's place durin' de war an' we wus jist lak slaves alldo' we wuz said to be free den.
"My pappy wuz named Madison Medlin, maybe for de president, an' my mammy wuz a pretty, slim brown-skinned gal when I could remember. Dey said dat she wuz named fer Betsy Ross. I had four brothers, Allison, William, Jeems and John an' five sisters named Cynthy Ann, Nancy, Sally, Caroline an' Molly.